diff --git a/indra/llcorehttp/tests/test_bufferstream.hpp b/indra/llcorehttp/tests/test_bufferstream.hpp
index 5afaba096626d18b6d380df40f8dd6c1434af4ab..45ddb7fd80219b1af3e51679c5a41861f165009b 100644
--- a/indra/llcorehttp/tests/test_bufferstream.hpp
+++ b/indra/llcorehttp/tests/test_bufferstream.hpp
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ void BufferStreamTestObjectType::test<6>()
 
 	// make sure we didn't leak any memory
 	// ensure("Allocated memory returned", mMemTotal == GetMemTotal());
-	static U64 mem = GetMemTotal();
+	// static U64 mem = GetMemTotal();
 }