diff --git a/src/compiler/glsl/ast_to_hir.cpp b/src/compiler/glsl/ast_to_hir.cpp
index a66ed5ec52b..b5b0a509ea1 100644
--- a/src/compiler/glsl/ast_to_hir.cpp
+++ b/src/compiler/glsl/ast_to_hir.cpp
@@ -1690,7 +1690,6 @@ ast_expression::do_hir(exec_list *instructions,
       /* Break out if operand types were not parsed successfully. */
       if ((op[0]->type == glsl_type::error_type ||
            op[1]->type == glsl_type::error_type)) {
-         type = glsl_type::error_type;
          error_emitted = true;
          break;
       }