diff --git a/drivers/xen/events.c b/drivers/xen/events.c
index 0c3f17ba3956b591b948886da2ca808840d04408..8786e06c4180d1f8f488337099facd62f06e69eb 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/events.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/events.c
@@ -1140,7 +1140,6 @@ static void __xen_evtchn_do_upcall(void)
 				pending_words &= ~(1UL << word_idx);
 
 			word_idx = (word_idx + 1) % BITS_PER_LONG;
-			bit_idx = 0;
 		}
 
 		BUG_ON(!irqs_disabled());