diff --git a/dlls/msi/table.c b/dlls/msi/table.c
index 80fe3ee51f3..14f4d307ddd 100644
--- a/dlls/msi/table.c
+++ b/dlls/msi/table.c
@@ -2595,7 +2595,7 @@ static void dump_record( MSIRECORD *rec )
     n = MSI_RecordGetFieldCount( rec );
     for( i=1; i<=n; i++ )
     {
-        LPCWSTR sval = MSI_RecordGetString( rec, i );
+        LPCWSTR sval;
 
         if( MSI_RecordIsNull( rec, i ) )
             TRACE("row -> []\n");