diff --git a/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/DmlExecutionProvider/src/AbiCustomRegistry.cpp b/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/DmlExecutionProvider/src/AbiCustomRegistry.cpp
index 353f698bb6f2c..169e6c10d0ffa 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/DmlExecutionProvider/src/AbiCustomRegistry.cpp
+++ b/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/DmlExecutionProvider/src/AbiCustomRegistry.cpp
@@ -514,9 +514,6 @@ HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE AbiCustomRegistry::RegisterOperatorKernel(
                             graphNodeCreateInfo,
                             constantCpuInputCapture,
                             constantInputGetter);
-
-                    Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IMLOperatorKernel> kernel;
-                    ORT_THROW_IF_FAILED(kernelFactoryCapture->CreateKernel(kernelInfoWrapper.Get(), kernel.GetAddressOf()));
                     kernelInfoWrapper->Close();
                 };