diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py
index 0ccb3c1cf..ed05dfa7b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py
@@ -454,7 +454,6 @@ class FacebookIE(InfoExtractor):
                    self._search_regex(r'ownerName"\s*:\s*"([^"]+)"', webpage, 'uploader', default=None) or \
                    self._og_search_title(webpage, default=None)
 
-        timestamp = None
         if webpage.find('Paid Partnership'):
             timestamp = self._search_regex(
                 r'datePublished":"(.+?)"', webpage,