diff --git a/scripts/gnt-instance b/scripts/gnt-instance
index e953ca1f7a5c5c3279dd6b9f46c1d84124cb2dfc..3d9433688fd848ed415f570cd7b92fdb2e3710cb 100755
--- a/scripts/gnt-instance
+++ b/scripts/gnt-instance
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ def AddInstance(opts, args):
   if opts.hypervisor:
     hypervisor, hvparams = opts.hypervisor
 
-  bep = ValidateBeParams(opts.beparams)
+  ValidateBeParams(opts.beparams)
 
 ##  kernel_path = _TransformPath(opts.kernel_path)
 ##  initrd_path = _TransformPath(opts.initrd_path)