diff --git a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Core/src/Internal/Http/HttpParser.cs b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Core/src/Internal/Http/HttpParser.cs
index 94330f2b3403e29b21905df4b475d9e791ff0b27..cdf9483bd8072680c980f3b9ca469409d263b4b3 100644
--- a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Core/src/Internal/Http/HttpParser.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Core/src/Internal/Http/HttpParser.cs
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ public class HttpParser<TRequestHandler> : IHttpParser<TRequestHandler> where TR
             var span = reader.UnreadSpan;
             while (span.Length > 0)
             {
-                var ch1 = (byte)0;
+                byte ch1;
                 var ch2 = (byte)0;
                 var readAhead = 0;