diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/image.cc b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/image.cc
index 02545f73810..8af696b0088 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/image.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/image.cc
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ int BKE_image_find_nearest_tile_with_offset(const Image *image,
   zero_v2(r_uv_offset);
   int tile_number_best = -1;
 
-  if (!image || image->source != IMA_SRC_TILED) {
+  if (image->source != IMA_SRC_TILED) {
     return tile_number_best;
   }