diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlogreader.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlogreader.c
index a358a3d40af..a5e2b50fe6b 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlogreader.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlogreader.c
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ XLogReadRecord(XLogReaderState *state, XLogRecPtr RecPtr, char **errormsg)
 	bool		gotheader;
 	int			readOff;
 
-	randAccess = false;
 	/* reset error state */
 	*errormsg = NULL;
 	state->errormsg_buf[0] = '\0';