diff --git a/confluent_kafka/src/Admin.c b/confluent_kafka/src/Admin.c
index 4a2ed8012..e6610bcf0 100644
--- a/confluent_kafka/src/Admin.c
+++ b/confluent_kafka/src/Admin.c
@@ -394,7 +394,6 @@ static PyObject *Admin_create_topics (Handle *self, PyObject *args,
                         PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError,
                                      "Invalid NewTopic(%s): %s",
                                      newt->topic, errstr);
-                        i++;
                         goto err;
                 }