diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qabstractspinbox.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qabstractspinbox.cpp
index ba4bbe40a8..854befd265 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qabstractspinbox.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qabstractspinbox.cpp
@@ -751,8 +751,7 @@ bool QAbstractSpinBox::event(QEvent *event)
     case QEvent::HoverEnter:
     case QEvent::HoverLeave:
     case QEvent::HoverMove:
-        if (const QHoverEvent *he = static_cast<const QHoverEvent *>(event))
-            d->updateHoverControl(he->pos());
+        d->updateHoverControl(static_cast<const QHoverEvent *>(event)->pos());
         break;
     case QEvent::ShortcutOverride:
         if (d->edit->event(event))