diff --git a/src/switch_xml.c b/src/switch_xml.c
index f794d6f744..f5bccd5d86 100644
--- a/src/switch_xml.c
+++ b/src/switch_xml.c
@@ -2591,7 +2591,6 @@ static char *switch_xml_toxml_r(switch_xml_t xml, char **s, switch_size_t *len,
 
   tailrecurse:
 	off = 0;
-	lcount = 0;
 	txt = "";
 
 	if (loops++) {