diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-loadbalancer/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/loadbalancer/KubernetesClientServicesListSupplier.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-loadbalancer/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/loadbalancer/KubernetesClientServicesListSupplier.java
index d9606855..2d6cb010 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-loadbalancer/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/loadbalancer/KubernetesClientServicesListSupplier.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-loadbalancer/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/loadbalancer/KubernetesClientServicesListSupplier.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class KubernetesClientServicesListSupplier extends KubernetesServicesList
 	public Flux<List<ServiceInstance>> get() {
 		LOG.info("Getting services with id " + this.getServiceId());
 		List<ServiceInstance> result = new ArrayList<>();
-		List<V1Service> services = null;
+		List<V1Service> services;
 		try {
 			if (discoveryProperties.allNamespaces()) {
 				services = coreV1Api.listServiceForAllNamespaces(null, null, "metadata.name=" + this.getServiceId(),