diff --git a/dix/events.c b/dix/events.c
index 05f99478e..33936bddc 100644
--- a/dix/events.c
+++ b/dix/events.c
@@ -4323,8 +4323,6 @@ EnterLeaveEvent(
     /* we don't have enough bytes, so we squash flags and mode into
        one byte, and use the last byte for the deviceid. */
     devEnterLeave = (deviceEnterNotify*)&event;
-    devEnterLeave->type = (type == EnterNotify) ? DeviceEnterNotify :
-        DeviceLeaveNotify;
     devEnterLeave->type = (type == EnterNotify) ? DeviceEnterNotify :
         DeviceLeaveNotify;
     devEnterLeave->mode |= (event.u.enterLeave.flags << 4);