diff --git a/py/selenium/webdriver/common/action_chains.py b/py/selenium/webdriver/common/action_chains.py
index ae67a2fe5f4f0e..db27b1251fbbbc 100644
--- a/py/selenium/webdriver/common/action_chains.py
+++ b/py/selenium/webdriver/common/action_chains.py
@@ -65,9 +65,8 @@ def __init__(self, driver, duration=250):
          - duration: override the default 250 msecs of DEFAULT_MOVE_DURATION in PointerInput
         """
         self._driver = driver
-        self._duration = duration
         self._actions = []
-        self.w3c_actions = ActionBuilder(driver, duration=self.duration)
+        self.w3c_actions = ActionBuilder(driver, duration=duration)
 
     def perform(self):
         """