diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/thread.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/thread.cpp
index eeab7583cd0..bb407ad7d41 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/thread.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/thread.cpp
@@ -1495,7 +1495,6 @@ void WatcherThread::print_on(outputStream* st) const {
 jlong* JavaThread::_jvmci_old_thread_counters;
 
 bool jvmci_counters_include(JavaThread* thread) {
-  oop threadObj = thread->threadObj();
   return !JVMCICountersExcludeCompiler || !thread->is_Compiler_thread();
 }