diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/DerivedMesh.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/DerivedMesh.c
index b3893d8600f..52fe51afcb2 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/DerivedMesh.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/DerivedMesh.c
@@ -1798,9 +1798,7 @@ static void mesh_build_data(struct Depsgraph *depsgraph,
     }
   }
 
-  if (mesh_eval != NULL) {
-    mesh_runtime_check_normals_valid(mesh_eval);
-  }
+  mesh_runtime_check_normals_valid(mesh_eval);
   mesh_build_extra_data(depsgraph, ob, mesh_eval);
 }