diff --git a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/strats/RelationFieldStrategy.java b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/strats/RelationFieldStrategy.java
index 2ec79b9e7..363636043 100644
--- a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/strats/RelationFieldStrategy.java
+++ b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/strats/RelationFieldStrategy.java
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ public class RelationFieldStrategy
         if (field.getMappedBy() != null)
             return;
 
-        Object relObj = sm.fetchObjectField(field.getIndex());
         OpenJPAStateManager rel = RelationStrategies.getStateManager
             (sm.fetchObjectField(field.getIndex()), store.getContext());