diff --git a/lib/valueflow.cpp b/lib/valueflow.cpp
index 24e05c9c534..6ccc3d62fac 100644
--- a/lib/valueflow.cpp
+++ b/lib/valueflow.cpp
@@ -5234,8 +5234,6 @@ static void valueFlowAfterMove(TokenList& tokenlist, const SymbolDatabase& symbo
             if (endOfFunctionCall) {
                 if (endOfFunctionCall->str() == ")") {
                     Token* ternaryColon = endOfFunctionCall->link()->astParent();
-                    while (Token::simpleMatch(parent, "("))
-                        ternaryColon = ternaryColon->astParent();
                     if (Token::simpleMatch(ternaryColon, ":")) {
                         endOfFunctionCall = ternaryColon->astOperand2();
                         if (Token::simpleMatch(endOfFunctionCall, "("))