diff --git a/src/client/src/tscServer.c b/src/client/src/tscServer.c
index ac4243d5b4e3302d500cd54bba5a160c94b26a93..d30ee32d67c2a9294b3a3aa0b2bc9144829a364c 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscServer.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscServer.c
@@ -2005,7 +2005,6 @@ static SVgroupsInfo* createVgroupInfoFromMsg(char* pMsg, int32_t* size, uint64_t
 
       SVgroupMsg *vmsg = &pVgroupMsg->vgroups[j];
       vmsg->vgId = htonl(vmsg->vgId);
-      vmsg->numOfEps = vmsg->numOfEps;
       for (int32_t k = 0; k < vmsg->numOfEps; ++k) {
         vmsg->epAddr[k].port = htons(vmsg->epAddr[k].port);
       }