diff --git a/lib/xref.c b/lib/xref.c
index 40efe51363..a41f91a228 100644
--- a/lib/xref.c
+++ b/lib/xref.c
@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ static void xref_add_one(const struct xref *xref)
 		q = memrchr(filename, '/', p - filename);
 		if (q)
 			filename = q + 1;
-		else
-			filename = p + 1;
 	}
 
 	SHA256_Init(&sha);