SvUPGRADE doesn't return false.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@24451

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/toke.c b/toke.c
index 72bedd9950..a78866cc58 100644
--- a/toke.c
+++ b/toke.c
@@ -2146,8 +2146,7 @@ Perl_filter_add(pTHX_ filter_t funcp, SV *datasv)
 	PL_rsfp_filters = newAV();
     if (!datasv)
 	datasv = NEWSV(255,0);
-    if (!SvUPGRADE(datasv, SVt_PVIO))
-        Perl_die(aTHX_ "Can't upgrade filter_add data to SVt_PVIO");
+    (void)SvUPGRADE(datasv, SVt_PVIO);
     u.filter = funcp;
     IoANY(datasv) = u.iop; /* stash funcp into spare field */
     IoFLAGS(datasv) |= IOf_FAKE_DIRP;