diff --git a/builtin/fast-export.c b/builtin/fast-export.c
index 9b70ec1fcf..191936c179 100644
--- a/builtin/fast-export.c
+++ b/builtin/fast-export.c
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ static void get_tags_and_duplicates(struct object_array *pending,
 	for (i = 0; i < pending->nr; i++) {
 		struct object_array_entry *e = pending->objects + i;
 		unsigned char sha1[20];
-		struct commit *commit = commit;
+		struct commit *commit;
 		char *full_name;
 
 		if (dwim_ref(e->name, strlen(e->name), sha1, &full_name) != 1)