1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/mpi/mpicoder.c b/lib/mpi/mpicoder.c
index c7420335a5bb..37d6a4edb33c 100644
--- a/lib/mpi/mpicoder.c
+++ b/lib/mpi/mpicoder.c
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ MPI mpi_read_raw_data(const void *xbuffer, size_t nbytes)
         }
         if (nbytes > 0)
                 nbits -= count_leading_zeros(buffer[0]);
-        else
-                nbits = 0;
 
         nlimbs = DIV_ROUND_UP(nbytes, BYTES_PER_MPI_LIMB);
         val = mpi_alloc(nlimbs);