diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcher.php b/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcher.php
index f19ba1d245..9a68ef12d7 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcher.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcher.php
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class EventDispatcher implements EventDispatcherInterface
         }
 
         foreach ($this->listeners[$eventName] as $priority => $listeners) {
-            if (false !== ($key = array_search($listener, $listeners, true))) {
+            if (false !== array_search($listener, $listeners, true)) {
                 return $priority;
             }
         }