diff --git a/jsoncat.c b/jsoncat.c
index 1d3c3d1b..a545684c 100644
--- a/jsoncat.c
+++ b/jsoncat.c
@@ -77,13 +77,12 @@ void json_print(json_object *j, int depth) {
 
 void process(FILE *f, char *fname) {
 	json_pull *jp = json_begin_file(f);
-	json_object *j = NULL;
+	json_object *j;
 
 	while ((j = json_parse(jp)) != NULL) {
 		if (j->parent == NULL) {
 			json_print(j, 0);
 			printf("\n");
-			j = NULL;
 		}
 	}