diff --git a/datapath-windows/ovsext/PacketIO.c b/datapath-windows/ovsext/PacketIO.c
index a0ddc3de7d6..e30a0c16c3f 100644
--- a/datapath-windows/ovsext/PacketIO.c
+++ b/datapath-windows/ovsext/PacketIO.c
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@ OvsAppendNativeForwardedPacket(POVS_SWITCH_CONTEXT switchContext,
     NDIS_STRING filterReason;
 
     *nativeNbls = curNbl;
-    nativeNbls = &(curNbl->Next);
 
     ctx = OvsInitExternalNBLContext(switchContext, curNbl, isRecv);
     if (ctx == NULL) {