diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c b/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
index 647813449..7d06597f9 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
@@ -21320,7 +21320,6 @@ static int DecodeExtensionType(const byte* input, word32 length, word32 oid,
         case BASIC_CA_OID:
             VERIFY_AND_SET_OID(cert->extBasicConstSet);
             cert->extBasicConstCrit = critical ? 1 : 0;
-            cert->extBasicConstCrit = critical ? 1 : 0;
             if (DecodeBasicCaConstraint(input, (int)length, cert) < 0) {
                 ret = ASN_PARSE_E;
             }