From c751cda73d0831e87beeca09832ff134219f8a25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Burel <burelc@amazon.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2021 13:07:17 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix for variable that is only used in the debug config
 (#1166)

---
 .../Code/Source/Integration/Components/ActorComponent.cpp      | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Source/Integration/Components/ActorComponent.cpp b/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Source/Integration/Components/ActorComponent.cpp
index f41ef165c8..b0065708fb 100644
--- a/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Source/Integration/Components/ActorComponent.cpp
+++ b/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Source/Integration/Components/ActorComponent.cpp
@@ -299,8 +299,7 @@ namespace EMotionFX
         void ActorComponent::OnAssetReady(AZ::Data::Asset<AZ::Data::AssetData> asset)
         {
             m_configuration.m_actorAsset = asset;
-            Actor* actor = m_configuration.m_actorAsset->GetActor();
-            AZ_Assert(m_configuration.m_actorAsset.IsReady() && actor, "Actor asset should be loaded and actor valid.");
+            AZ_Assert(m_configuration.m_actorAsset.IsReady() && m_configuration.m_actorAsset->GetActor(), "Actor asset should be loaded and actor valid.");
 
             CheckActorCreation();
         }