diff --git a/activemq-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/core/server/impl/QueueImpl.java b/activemq-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/core/server/impl/QueueImpl.java
index 90d424c15e..5fa884b5d1 100644
--- a/activemq-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/core/server/impl/QueueImpl.java
+++ b/activemq-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/core/server/impl/QueueImpl.java
@@ -3122,7 +3122,6 @@ public class QueueImpl implements Queue
    private class TotalQueueIterator implements LinkedListIterator<MessageReference>
    {
       LinkedListIterator<PagedReference> pageIter = null;
-      Iterator<MessageReference> interIterator = null;
       LinkedListIterator<MessageReference> messagesIterator = null;
 
       Iterator lastIterator = null;
@@ -3133,7 +3132,6 @@ public class QueueImpl implements Queue
          {
             pageIter = pageSubscription.iterator();
          }
-         interIterator = intermediateMessageReferences.iterator();
          messagesIterator = new SynchronizedIterator(messageReferences.iterator());
       }
 
@@ -3145,11 +3143,6 @@ public class QueueImpl implements Queue
             lastIterator = messagesIterator;
             return true;
          }
-         if (interIterator.hasNext())
-         {
-            lastIterator = interIterator;
-            return true;
-         }
          if (pageIter != null)
          {
             if (pageIter.hasNext())
@@ -3170,11 +3163,6 @@ public class QueueImpl implements Queue
             MessageReference msg = messagesIterator.next();
             return msg;
          }
-         if (interIterator.hasNext())
-         {
-            lastIterator = interIterator;
-            return interIterator.next();
-         }
          if (pageIter != null)
          {
             if (pageIter.hasNext())