diff --git a/src/libudev/libudev-device-private.c b/src/libudev/libudev-device-private.c
index 2d3e62410c..2aae0726c1 100644
--- a/src/libudev/libudev-device-private.c
+++ b/src/libudev/libudev-device-private.c
@@ -137,14 +137,10 @@ gid_t udev_device_get_devnode_gid(struct udev_device *udev_device) {
 }
 
 void udev_device_ensure_usec_initialized(struct udev_device *udev_device, struct udev_device *udev_device_old) {
-        sd_device *device_old = NULL;
-
         assert(udev_device);
 
-        if (udev_device_old)
-                device_old = udev_device_old->device;
-
-        device_ensure_usec_initialized(udev_device->device, device_old);
+        device_ensure_usec_initialized(udev_device->device,
+                                       udev_device_old ? udev_device_old->device : NULL);
 }
 
 char **udev_device_get_properties_envp(struct udev_device *udev_device) {