diff --git a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/EntityManager/Db/ReadRow.php b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/EntityManager/Db/ReadRow.php
index e206993597b37..654013ab196b7 100644
--- a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/EntityManager/Db/ReadRow.php
+++ b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/EntityManager/Db/ReadRow.php
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ public function execute($entityType, $identifier, $context = [])
     {
         $metadata = $this->metadataPool->getMetadata($entityType);
         $connection = $this->resourceConnection->getConnectionByName($metadata->getEntityConnectionName());
-        $metadata = $this->metadataPool->getMetadata($entityType);
         $select = $connection->select()
             ->from(['t' => $metadata->getEntityTable()])
             ->where($metadata->getIdentifierField() . ' = ?', $identifier);