diff --git a/src/mbgl/map/live_tile_data.cpp b/src/mbgl/map/live_tile_data.cpp
index 8b4f46deb..d45b973a9 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/map/live_tile_data.cpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/map/live_tile_data.cpp
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ void LiveTileData::parse() {
     } else {
         // Clear the style so that we don't have a cycle in the shared_ptr references.
         style.reset();
-
-        state = State::obsolete;
     }
 
     if (state != State::obsolete) {