diff --git a/object.c b/object.c
index fad1a5af4a..682b852a46 100644
--- a/object.c
+++ b/object.c
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ struct object *parse_object_with_flags(struct repository *r,
 			return &commit->object;
 	}
 
-	if ((!obj || (obj && obj->type == OBJ_BLOB)) &&
+	if ((!obj || obj->type == OBJ_BLOB) &&
 	    oid_object_info(r, oid, NULL) == OBJ_BLOB) {
 		if (!skip_hash && stream_object_signature(r, repl) < 0) {
 			error(_("hash mismatch %s"), oid_to_hex(oid));