diff --git a/src/crewai/tools/tool_usage.py b/src/crewai/tools/tool_usage.py
index 6c19925fb..eb8cf88e3 100644
--- a/src/crewai/tools/tool_usage.py
+++ b/src/crewai/tools/tool_usage.py
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ class ToolUsage:
 
         started_at = time.time()
         from_cache = False
-        result = None
 
         if self.tools_handler and self.tools_handler.cache:
             result = self.tools_handler.cache.read(