1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/mongo/db/matcher/expression_tree.cpp b/src/mongo/db/matcher/expression_tree.cpp
index 5dae4cb0f6b..b6c50ae21a2 100644
--- a/src/mongo/db/matcher/expression_tree.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/db/matcher/expression_tree.cpp
@@ -455,11 +455,7 @@ void NotMatchExpression::serializeNotExpressionToNor(MatchExpression* exp,
 
 void NotMatchExpression::serialize(BSONObjBuilder* out, SerializationOptions opts) const {
     if (_exp->matchType() == MatchType::AND && _exp->numChildren() == 0) {
-        if (opts.replacementForLiteralArgs) {
-            out->append("$alwaysFalse", *opts.replacementForLiteralArgs);
-        } else {
-            out->append("$alwaysFalse", 1);
-        }
+        opts.appendLiteral(out, "$alwaysFalse", 1);
         return;
     }