diff --git a/sysdeps/pthread/tst-cancel28.c b/sysdeps/pthread/tst-cancel28.c
index 627cbc8160..9286c159b3 100644
--- a/sysdeps/pthread/tst-cancel28.c
+++ b/sysdeps/pthread/tst-cancel28.c
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ do_test (void)
 
   xpthread_cancel (timer_thread);
 
-  xpthread_barrier_init (&barrier, NULL, 2);
   xpthread_barrier_wait (&barrier);
 
   return 0;