diff --git a/GeneratorInterface/LHEInterface/plugins/LHESource.cc b/GeneratorInterface/LHEInterface/plugins/LHESource.cc
index fa10494d0f59c..2d2204fdc4648 100644
--- a/GeneratorInterface/LHEInterface/plugins/LHESource.cc
+++ b/GeneratorInterface/LHEInterface/plugins/LHESource.cc
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ void LHESource::nextEvent()
 
         
         bool newFileOpened;
-	partonLevel = reader->next(&newFileOpened);
 	do {
 		newFileOpened = false;
 		partonLevel = reader->next(&newFileOpened);