diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/cdb/cdbdumperhelper.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/cdb/cdbdumperhelper.cpp
index 541aa7ea1d0615303b4e67a295364b60ac74a89c..b76398254d0bb1d6c270da66a589416dae79fabf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/cdb/cdbdumperhelper.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/cdb/cdbdumperhelper.cpp
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ CdbDumperHelper::DumpResult CdbDumperHelper::dumpType(const WatchData &wd, bool
     if (der == DumpExecuteSizeFailed)
         m_failedTypes.push_back(wd.type);    
     // log error
-    *errorMessage = *errorMessage = msgDumpFailed(wd, errorMessage);
+    *errorMessage = msgDumpFailed(wd, errorMessage);
     m_access->showDebuggerOutput(m_messagePrefix, *errorMessage);
     return DumpError;
 }