diff --git a/src/include/switch_utils.h b/src/include/switch_utils.h
index 4b7d949579..06ade13180 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_utils.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_utils.h
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ static inline int32_t switch_parse_bandwidth_string(const char *bwv)
 static inline uint32_t switch_parse_cpu_string(const char *cpu)
 {
 	int cpu_count = switch_core_cpu_count();
-	int ncpu = cpu_count;
+	int ncpu;
 
 	if (!cpu) return 1;