diff --git a/expat/lib/xmlparse.c b/expat/lib/xmlparse.c
index 9c7ac2b2..72488d41 100644
--- a/expat/lib/xmlparse.c
+++ b/expat/lib/xmlparse.c
@@ -3723,7 +3723,6 @@ doProlog(XML_Parser parser,
         return XML_ERROR_NO_ELEMENTS;
       default:
         tok = -tok;
-        next = end;
         break;
       }
     }