diff --git a/net/net.c b/net/net.c
index 8f55281f406dc0bf97e71b66b990795db353d7cc..d0fe1c4960a2fb024dc5cb704712fb0e61ab785e 100644
--- a/net/net.c
+++ b/net/net.c
@@ -1080,7 +1080,6 @@ CDPHandler(const uchar *pkt, unsigned len)
 	const uchar *t;
 	const ushort *ss;
 	ushort type, tlen;
-	uchar applid;
 	ushort vlan, nvlan;
 
 	/* minimum size? */
@@ -1152,11 +1151,10 @@ CDPHandler(const uchar *pkt, unsigned len)
 				if (tlen < 3)
 					goto pkt_short;
 
-				applid = t[0];
 				ss = (const ushort *)(t + 1);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
-				if (applid == CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE)
+				if (t[0] == CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE)
 					vlan = *ss;
 #else
 				/* XXX will this work; dunno */