diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.data.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.data.sh
index dee346459..4fe815dd6 100644
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.data.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.data.sh
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ if [ "$1" = "status" ]; then
                 # check if its a combined data & storage partition
                 if [ -d "${mountPath}/app-data" ]; then
                     if [ ${#dataDevice} -eq 0 ]; then
-                        dataDevice="${deviceName}"
                         combinedDataStorage=1
                     fi
                     dataInspectPartition=1