diff --git a/repository/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/action/executer/NodeSizeActionExecuter.java b/repository/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/action/executer/NodeSizeActionExecuter.java
index a5873e6eb5..2e25155510 100644
--- a/repository/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/action/executer/NodeSizeActionExecuter.java
+++ b/repository/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/action/executer/NodeSizeActionExecuter.java
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public class NodeSizeActionExecuter extends ActionExecuterAbstractBase
         NodeRef nodeRef = actionedUponNodeRef;
         long totalSize = 0;
         long resultSize;
-        ResultSet results = null;
+        ResultSet results;
         boolean isCalculationCompleted = false;
 
         StringBuilder aftsQuery = new StringBuilder();