diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
index f9fd64f31d7dbe210530310c4ba415b90b8ee88c..fc70f314e633af4eff9f5a2eb1943ea8bd9c3230 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
@@ -2572,8 +2572,6 @@ qemuMigrationPrepareDirect(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_INVALID_ARG, _("missing host in migration"
                                                   " URI: %s"), uri_in);
             goto cleanup;
-        } else {
-            hostname = uri->server;
         }
 
         if (uri->port == 0) {