diff --git a/src/client/src/tscServer.c b/src/client/src/tscServer.c
index 029fa853aca50c9d66597b7ece7d8bfc7468305f..fdd748b693f8972afcc26f32b7d92a63885a9ddf 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);
       }