diff --git a/src/query/src/qFilter.c b/src/query/src/qFilter.c
index 47b95edb6098386d14efae5241b9323552529070..2ce8a49097af6229c36931cbf3db753c04580674 100644
--- a/src/query/src/qFilter.c
+++ b/src/query/src/qFilter.c
@@ -2354,7 +2354,6 @@ int32_t filterMergeGroups(SFilterInfo *info, SFilterGroupCtx** gRes, int32_t *gR
     }
     
     cStart = i;
-    cEnd = i;
     cColNum = gRes[i]->colNum;    
   }