diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/RefDirectoryRename.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/RefDirectoryRename.java
index 9dbdbc7..2c0ade6 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/RefDirectoryRename.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/RefDirectoryRename.java
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@
 	 */
 	private ObjectId objId;
 
-	/** True if HEAD must be moved to the destination reference. */
-	private boolean updateHEAD;
-
 	/** A reference we backup {@link #objId} into during the rename. */
 	private RefDirectoryUpdate tmp;
 
@@ -69,7 +66,7 @@
 			return Result.IO_FAILURE; // not supported
 
 		objId = source.getOldObjectId();
-		updateHEAD = needToUpdateHEAD();
+		boolean updateHEAD = needToUpdateHEAD();
 		tmp = refdb.newTemporaryUpdate();
 		try (RevWalk rw = new RevWalk(refdb.getRepository())) {
 			// First backup the source so its never unreachable.