diff --git a/src/core/dbus-unit.c b/src/core/dbus-unit.c
index 20fa43af9e..5439ad52b5 100644
--- a/src/core/dbus-unit.c
+++ b/src/core/dbus-unit.c
@@ -1370,8 +1370,7 @@ int bus_unit_method_get_processes(sd_bus_message *message, void *userdata, sd_bu
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
-        CGroupRuntime *crt;
-        crt = unit_get_cgroup_runtime(u);
+        CGroupRuntime *crt = unit_get_cgroup_runtime(u);
         if (crt && crt->cgroup_path) {
                 r = append_cgroup(reply, crt->cgroup_path, pids);
                 if (r < 0)