diff --git a/Gems/Atom/RPI/Code/Source/RPI.Public/Shader/Shader.cpp b/Gems/Atom/RPI/Code/Source/RPI.Public/Shader/Shader.cpp
index 60455482d1..41661fe0dc 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/RPI/Code/Source/RPI.Public/Shader/Shader.cpp
+++ b/Gems/Atom/RPI/Code/Source/RPI.Public/Shader/Shader.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ namespace AZ
                 AZStd::unique_lock<decltype(m_variantCacheMutex)> lock(m_variantCacheMutex);
                 m_shaderVariants.clear();
             }
-            m_rootVariant.Init(m_asset, shaderAsset.GetRootVariant(), m_supervariantIndex);
             m_rootVariant.Init(Data::Asset<ShaderAsset>{&shaderAsset, AZ::Data::AssetLoadBehavior::PreLoad}, shaderAsset.GetRootVariant(m_supervariantIndex), m_supervariantIndex);
 
             if (m_pipelineLibraryHandle.IsNull())