diff --git a/Utilities/cmzstd/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c b/Utilities/cmzstd/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
index d6133e70b44177473832b26149b0bffcb59f4fb5..266186ca492a70e905a2b06fceeb63215e66422f 100644
--- a/Utilities/cmzstd/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
+++ b/Utilities/cmzstd/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
@@ -4741,7 +4741,7 @@ static size_t ZSTD_loadDictionaryContent(ZSTD_matchState_t* ms,
         U32 maxDictSize = 8U << MIN(MAX(params->cParams.hashLog, params->cParams.chainLog), 28);
         if (srcSize > maxDictSize) {
             ip = iend - maxDictSize;
-            src = ip;
+            /* src = ip; deadcode.DeadStores */
             srcSize = maxDictSize;
         }
     }