diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
index 880b49e8efc1754f53216481ae42429b51a3794f..2bfe7c7631215b4c46b1ec2e430011e718d9e7be 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
@@ -796,11 +796,10 @@ class SparkContext(
     val cleanedFunc = clean(func)
     logInfo("Starting job: " + callSite)
     val start = System.nanoTime
-    val result = dagScheduler.runJob(rdd, cleanedFunc, partitions, callSite, allowLocal,
+    dagScheduler.runJob(rdd, cleanedFunc, partitions, callSite, allowLocal,
       resultHandler, localProperties.get)
     logInfo("Job finished: " + callSite + ", took " + (System.nanoTime - start) / 1e9 + " s")
     rdd.doCheckpoint()
-    result
   }
 
   /**