diff --git a/runtime/starpu/control/runtime_descriptor.c b/runtime/starpu/control/runtime_descriptor.c
index 3438d0cb28cd51e549a488987ccd3d17e8afdaa2..0543970b997e8513a218e52cbfc2ef55ae92690a 100644
--- a/runtime/starpu/control/runtime_descriptor.c
+++ b/runtime/starpu/control/runtime_descriptor.c
@@ -339,9 +339,7 @@ void RUNTIME_data_flush( const RUNTIME_sequence_t *sequence,
     int64_t nn = n + (A->j / A->nb);
     int64_t shift = ((int64_t)A->lmt) * nn + mm;
     starpu_data_handle_t *handle = A->schedopt;
-    CHAM_tile_t          *tile   = A->tiles;
     handle += shift;
-    tile   += shift;
 
     if (*handle == NULL) {
         return;