diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_snapshot.c b/src/qemu/qemu_snapshot.c
index 7ce018b026..e5226db942 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_snapshot.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_snapshot.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ qemuSnapshotForEachQcow2(virDomainDef *def,
     size_t i;
     bool skipped = false;
     bool create = STREQ(op, "-c");
-    size_t nrollback = -1;
+    size_t nrollback;
     virErrorPtr orig_err;
 
     /* pre-checks */