diff --git a/src/script/sign.cpp b/src/script/sign.cpp
index 117a4d8a5..2aafaeb2c 100644
--- a/src/script/sign.cpp
+++ b/src/script/sign.cpp
@@ -140,10 +140,9 @@ static CScript PushAll(const std::vector<valtype>& values)
 
 bool ProduceSignature(const BaseSignatureCreator& creator, const CScript& fromPubKey, SignatureData& sigdata)
 {
-    CScript script = fromPubKey;
     std::vector<valtype> result;
     txnouttype whichType;
-    bool solved = SignStep(creator, script, result, whichType, SIGVERSION_BASE);
+    bool solved = SignStep(creator, fromPubKey, result, whichType, SIGVERSION_BASE);
     bool P2SH = false;
     CScript subscript;
     sigdata.scriptWitness.stack.clear();
@@ -153,8 +152,8 @@ bool ProduceSignature(const BaseSignatureCreator& creator, const CScript& fromPu
         // Solver returns the subscript that needs to be evaluated;
         // the final scriptSig is the signatures from that
         // and then the serialized subscript:
-        script = subscript = CScript(result[0].begin(), result[0].end());
-        solved = solved && SignStep(creator, script, result, whichType, SIGVERSION_BASE) && whichType != TX_SCRIPTHASH;
+        subscript = CScript(result[0].begin(), result[0].end());
+        solved = solved && SignStep(creator, subscript, result, whichType, SIGVERSION_BASE) && whichType != TX_SCRIPTHASH;
         P2SH = true;
     }