diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c
index 50cc011654..b439c7974c 100644
--- a/run-command.c
+++ b/run-command.c
@@ -1632,9 +1632,7 @@ static void pp_buffer_stderr(struct parallel_processes *pp,
 			     const struct run_process_parallel_opts *opts,
 			     int output_timeout)
 {
-	int i;
-
-	while ((i = poll(pp->pfd, opts->processes, output_timeout) < 0)) {
+	while (poll(pp->pfd, opts->processes, output_timeout) < 0) {
 		if (errno == EINTR)
 			continue;
 		pp_cleanup(pp, opts);