diff --git a/org.eclipse.xtext.ui/src/org/eclipse/xtext/ui/refactoring2/rename/RenameElementProcessor2.java b/org.eclipse.xtext.ui/src/org/eclipse/xtext/ui/refactoring2/rename/RenameElementProcessor2.java
index 14b60618498..5ef896a6fa7 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.xtext.ui/src/org/eclipse/xtext/ui/refactoring2/rename/RenameElementProcessor2.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.xtext.ui/src/org/eclipse/xtext/ui/refactoring2/rename/RenameElementProcessor2.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public boolean initialize(IRenameElementContext renameElementContext) {
 		}
 
 		resourceSet = resourceSetProvider.get(project);
-		EObject target = resourceSet.getEObject(renameElementContext.getTargetElementURI(), true);
+		target = resourceSet.getEObject(renameElementContext.getTargetElementURI(), true);
 		if (target == null) {
 			status.add(RefactoringIssueAcceptor.Severity.ERROR, "Rename target does not exist", renameElementContext.getTargetElementURI());
 		} else {