diff --git a/src/xercesc/parsers/AbstractDOMParser.cpp b/src/xercesc/parsers/AbstractDOMParser.cpp
index fd623e63bb6a5826723b54f471242b1cdf379767..abb739562aa0561c8f1fa409ae93260016645d0e 100644
--- a/src/xercesc/parsers/AbstractDOMParser.cpp
+++ b/src/xercesc/parsers/AbstractDOMParser.cpp
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ void AbstractDOMParser::reset()
     fCurrentParent   = 0;
     fCurrentNode     = 0;
     fCurrentEntity   = 0;
-    fParseInProgress = false;
     fWithinElement   = false;
     fDocumentAdoptedByUser = false;
     fNodeStack->removeAllElements();