diff --git a/SimTracker/TrackerHitAssociation/test/TestAssociator.cc b/SimTracker/TrackerHitAssociation/test/TestAssociator.cc
index 2d38af8a85fd1..3fd83fb8da39b 100644
--- a/SimTracker/TrackerHitAssociation/test/TestAssociator.cc
+++ b/SimTracker/TrackerHitAssociation/test/TestAssociator.cc
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ void TestAssociator::printRechitSimhit(const edm::Handle<edmNew::DetSetVector<re
           edm::LogVerbatim("TrackAssociator")
               << " simtrack ID = " << m.trackId() << "                            Simhit Pos = " << m.localPosition();
           // Seek the smallest residual
-          if (const SiPixelRecHit* dummy = dynamic_cast<const SiPixelRecHit*>(&rechit)) {
+          auto ptr = dynamic_cast<const SiPixelRecHit*>(&rechit);
+          if (nullptr != ptr) {
             isPixel = true;
             dist = (rechit.localPosition() - m.localPosition()).mag();  // pixels measure 2 dimensions
           } else {