diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/LooseObjects.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/LooseObjects.java
index b9af83d24..326c5f645 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/LooseObjects.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/LooseObjects.java
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ long getSize(WindowCursor curs, AnyObjectId id) throws IOException {
 					// refresh directory to work around NFS caching issue
 				}
 				return getSizeWithoutRefresh(curs, id);
-			} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+			} catch (FileNotFoundException unused) {
 				if (fileFor(id).exists()) {
 					throw noFile;
 				}