diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/util/DecayingHashSet.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/util/DecayingHashSet.java
index 23c2b43c9cca3bd52192993306d2b221cc4b3d3a..3021f517cf39e8e98b74397048e01f3e1273b697 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/util/DecayingHashSet.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/util/DecayingHashSet.java
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ public class DecayingHashSet extends DecayingBloomFilter {
     
     @Override
     protected void decay() {
-        int currentCount = 0;
-        long dups = 0;
+        int currentCount;
+        long dups;
         if (!getWriteLock())
             return;
         try {