diff --git a/lib/ipmi_lanp.c b/lib/ipmi_lanp.c
index bb619eb..ecd313a 100644
--- a/lib/ipmi_lanp.c
+++ b/lib/ipmi_lanp.c
@@ -2451,8 +2451,6 @@ ipmi_lanp_main(struct ipmi_intf * intf, int argc, char ** argv)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	chan = find_lan_channel(intf, 1);
-
 	if (strncmp(argv[0], "printconf", 9) == 0 ||
 			strncmp(argv[0], "print", 5) == 0) 
 	{