diff --git a/src/bin/edje/epp/cpplib.c b/src/bin/edje/epp/cpplib.c
index 2b0c2ff17c..632ffe2237 100644
--- a/src/bin/edje/epp/cpplib.c
+++ b/src/bin/edje/epp/cpplib.c
@@ -2724,7 +2724,6 @@ macroexpand(cpp_reader * pfile, HASHNODE * hp)
 	 * macarg absorbed the rest of the args. */
 	i = 0;
 	rest_args = 0;
-	rest_args = 0;
 	FORWARD(1);		/* Discard the open-parenthesis before the first arg.  */
 	do
 	  {