diff --git a/R-package/R/utils.R b/R-package/R/utils.R
index 732ef0d11..04bb9c568 100644
--- a/R-package/R/utils.R
+++ b/R-package/R/utils.R
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ xgb.get.DMatrix <- function(data, label = NULL, missing = NULL, weight = NULL) {
     if (is.null(label)) {
       stop("xgboost: need label when data is a matrix")
     }
-    dtrain <- xgb.DMatrix(data, label = label)
+    # dtrain <- xgb.DMatrix(data, label = label)
     if (is.null(missing)){
       dtrain <- xgb.DMatrix(data, label = label)
     } else {