diff --git a/src/adaptivetimestepper.hh b/src/adaptivetimestepper.hh
index 0d191337af74ef9ea619c6cffc0c0d2f5d85d02f..1b2a819db464ebb5ae048cab1618feec179c48a5 100644
--- a/src/adaptivetimestepper.hh
+++ b/src/adaptivetimestepper.hh
@@ -106,8 +106,7 @@ template <class Factory, class UpdaterPair> class AdaptiveTimeStepper {
   }
 
   void advance() {
-    auto const didCoarsen = coarsen();
-    if (!didCoarsen)
+    if (!coarsen())
       refine();
 
     iterationWriter_ << std::endl;