If the scalar has just been upgraded to SVt_RV, there's no way SvPVX

can be non-NULL, so no need to check.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@27548

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/pp.c b/pp.c
index 383b426f7c..6b3ead8ec0 100644
--- a/pp.c
+++ b/pp.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ PP(pp_rv2gv)
 		    }
 		    if (SvTYPE(sv) < SVt_RV)
 			sv_upgrade(sv, SVt_RV);
-		    if (SvPVX_const(sv)) {
+		    else if (SvPVX_const(sv)) {
 			SvPV_free(sv);
 			SvLEN_set(sv, 0);
                         SvCUR_set(sv, 0);