diff --git a/src/core/wee-eval.c b/src/core/wee-eval.c
index 7180c77a5..c6d5b246d 100644
--- a/src/core/wee-eval.c
+++ b/src/core/wee-eval.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ eval_hdata_get_value (struct t_hdata *hdata, void *pointer, const char *path)
 {
     char *value, *old_value, *var_name, str_value[128], *pos;
     const char *ptr_value, *hdata_name, *ptr_var_name;
-    int type, index;
+    int type;
     struct t_hashtable *hashtable;
 
     value = NULL;
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ eval_hdata_get_value (struct t_hdata *hdata, void *pointer, const char *path)
         goto end;
 
     /* search type of variable in hdata */
-    hdata_get_index_and_name (var_name, &index, &ptr_var_name);
+    hdata_get_index_and_name (var_name, NULL, &ptr_var_name);
     type = hdata_get_var_type (hdata, ptr_var_name);
     if (type < 0)
         goto end;