diff --git a/tests/unittests/libretroshare/gxs/data_service/rsdataservice_test.cc b/tests/unittests/libretroshare/gxs/data_service/rsdataservice_test.cc
index 71d716ec2..7f4e4b49c 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/libretroshare/gxs/data_service/rsdataservice_test.cc
+++ b/tests/unittests/libretroshare/gxs/data_service/rsdataservice_test.cc
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ void test_groupStoreAndRetrieve(){
             break;
         }
 
-        RsNxsGrp *l = (*mit);
+        RsNxsGrp *l = *mit;
         RsNxsGrp *r = gR[grpId];
 
         // assign transaction number