diff --git a/lib/libalpm/pkghash.c b/lib/libalpm/pkghash.c
index db98f94b..6dc43243 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/pkghash.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/pkghash.c
@@ -84,12 +84,11 @@ pmpkghash_t *_alpm_pkghash_create(size_t size)
 static size_t get_hash_position(unsigned long name_hash, pmpkghash_t *hash)
 {
 	size_t position;
-	alpm_list_t *ptr;
 
 	position = name_hash % hash->buckets;
 
 	/* collision resolution using open addressing with linear probing */
-	while((ptr = hash->hash_table[position]) != NULL) {
+	while(hash->hash_table[position] != NULL) {
 		position = (position + 1) % hash->buckets;
 	}