diff --git a/compat/precompose_utf8.c b/compat/precompose_utf8.c
index 95fe849e42..044c68617b 100644
--- a/compat/precompose_utf8.c
+++ b/compat/precompose_utf8.c
@@ -139,9 +139,8 @@ struct dirent_prec_psx *precompose_utf8_readdir(PREC_DIR *prec_dir)
 				size_t inleft = namelenz;
 				char *outpos = &prec_dir->dirent_nfc->d_name[0];
 				size_t outsz = prec_dir->dirent_nfc->max_name_len;
-				size_t cnt;
 				errno = 0;
-				cnt = iconv(prec_dir->ic_precompose, &cp, &inleft, &outpos, &outsz);
+				iconv(prec_dir->ic_precompose, &cp, &inleft, &outpos, &outsz);
 				if (errno || inleft) {
 					/*
 					 * iconv() failed and errno could be E2BIG, EILSEQ, EINVAL, EBADF