diff --git a/plugins/out_http/http.c b/plugins/out_http/http.c
index 17c3ef92b9d..f88b6346dca 100644
--- a/plugins/out_http/http.c
+++ b/plugins/out_http/http.c
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ static int post_all_requests(struct flb_out_http *ctx,
         return -1;
     }
 
-    while ((ret = flb_log_event_decoder_next(
+    while ((flb_log_event_decoder_next(
                     &log_decoder,
                     &log_event)) == FLB_EVENT_DECODER_SUCCESS) {
         headers = NULL;