diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 649ec86b8..2747e6f72 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -1683,9 +1683,7 @@ static void show_stats(struct diffstat_t *data, struct diff_options *options)
 		del = deleted;
 
 		if (graph_width <= max_change) {
-			int total = add + del;
-
-			total = scale_linear(add + del, graph_width, max_change);
+			int total = scale_linear(add + del, graph_width, max_change);
 			if (total < 2 && add && del)
 				/* width >= 2 due to the sanity check */
 				total = 2;