diff --git a/src/virtManager/connection.py b/src/virtManager/connection.py
index 40a415ce6..f1d234dd0 100644
--- a/src/virtManager/connection.py
+++ b/src/virtManager/connection.py
@@ -1488,7 +1488,6 @@ class vmmConnection(vmmGObject):
         if noStatsUpdate:
             updateVMs = newVMs
 
-        updateVMs = {}
         for uuid in updateVMs:
             vm = self.vms[uuid]
             try: