diff --git a/pidl/lib/Parse/Pidl/Samba4/NDR/Parser.pm b/pidl/lib/Parse/Pidl/Samba4/NDR/Parser.pm
index 5ffb67846b3..ed86571aa20 100644
--- a/pidl/lib/Parse/Pidl/Samba4/NDR/Parser.pm
+++ b/pidl/lib/Parse/Pidl/Samba4/NDR/Parser.pm
@@ -1157,8 +1157,10 @@ sub ParseElementPullLevel
 			$self->indent;
 
 			if ($l->{POINTER_TYPE} eq "relative" or $l->{POINTER_TYPE} eq "relative_short") {
-				$self->pidl("uint32_t _relative_save_offset;");
-				$self->pidl("_relative_save_offset = $ndr->offset;");
+				if ($l->{POINTER_TYPE} eq "relative") {
+					$self->pidl("uint32_t _relative_save_offset;");
+					$self->pidl("_relative_save_offset = $ndr->offset;");
+				}
 				$self->pidl("NDR_CHECK(ndr_pull_relative_ptr2($ndr, $var_name));");
 			}
 		}