diff --git a/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_gentech_driver.c b/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_gentech_driver.c
index 840d419bb4..5ef26b6afb 100644
--- a/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_gentech_driver.c
+++ b/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_gentech_driver.c
@@ -360,7 +360,6 @@ virNWFilterRuleDefToRuleInst(virNWFilterDefPtr def,
                            inst->nrules,
                            ruleinst) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
-    inst = NULL;
 
     ret = 0;
  cleanup: