diff --git a/dlls/msvfw32/msvideo_main.c b/dlls/msvfw32/msvideo_main.c
index ae8d6d2f809..c5b404d0482 100644
--- a/dlls/msvfw32/msvideo_main.c
+++ b/dlls/msvfw32/msvideo_main.c
@@ -530,7 +530,6 @@ LRESULT VFWAPI ICGetInfo(HIC hic, ICINFO *picinfo, DWORD cb)
 
     TRACE("(%p,%p,%d)\n", hic, picinfo, cb);
 
-    whic = MSVIDEO_GetHicPtr(hic);
     if (!whic) return ICERR_BADHANDLE;
     if (!picinfo) return MMSYSERR_INVALPARAM;