diff --git a/src/OCE/IOM/iom.F90 b/src/OCE/IOM/iom.F90
index 7a102477ce167f8d6c8938337c47de03acd04eb4..49433e40e524b91b51945c9ccf365502c1e1a0d9 100644
--- a/src/OCE/IOM/iom.F90
+++ b/src/OCE/IOM/iom.F90
@@ -1207,8 +1207,6 @@ CONTAINS
       !---------------------------------------------------------------------
       CHARACTER(LEN=lc)                               ::   context
       !
-      ! CE : llok must be initialised otherwise the model crash in debug mode
-      llok = .TRUE.
       CALL set_xios_context(kiomid, context)
       inlev = -1
       IF( PRESENT(pv_r3d) )   inlev = SIZE(pv_r3d, 3)