diff --git a/libs/esl/src/esl_event.c b/libs/esl/src/esl_event.c
index cca7899d80..ea62d2fa3d 100644
--- a/libs/esl/src/esl_event.c
+++ b/libs/esl/src/esl_event.c
@@ -545,7 +545,6 @@ static esl_status_t esl_event_base_add_header(esl_event_t *event, esl_stack_t st
 			header->value = NULL;
 			header->array = m;
 			header->idx++;
-			m = NULL;
 		}
 
 		i = header->idx + 1;