diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/graph_tooltip.js b/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/graph_tooltip.js
index 03c092fa4ac..70eef7c5fe3 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/graph_tooltip.js
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/graph_tooltip.js
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ function ($, _) {
           // Stacked series can increase its length on each new stacked serie if null points found,
           // to speed the index search we begin always on the last found hoverIndex.
           hoverIndex = this.findHoverIndexFromDataPoints(pos.x, series, hoverIndex);
-          hoverDistance = Math.abs(pos.x - series.data[hoverIndex][0]);
         }
 
         results.push({