diff --git a/src/fuse_open.cpp b/src/fuse_open.cpp
index 09f96782..d1943c1a 100644
--- a/src/fuse_open.cpp
+++ b/src/fuse_open.cpp
@@ -299,8 +299,7 @@ namespace FUSE
     if(rv != 0)
       return rv;
 
-    const uint64_t x = _(cfg->passthrough,ffi_->flags);
-    switch(x)
+    switch(_(cfg->passthrough,ffi_->flags))
       {
       case _(PassthroughEnum::ro,O_RDONLY):
       case _(PassthroughEnum::wo,O_WRONLY):