1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doop.c b/doop.c
index 3a5967d6dd..c43ecb111c 100644
--- a/doop.c
+++ b/doop.c
@@ -1191,8 +1191,7 @@ Perl_do_chomp(pTHX_ register SV *sv)
     }
   nope:
 
-    if (svrecode)
-	 SvREFCNT_dec(svrecode);
+    SvREFCNT_dec(svrecode);
 
     Safefree(temp_buffer);
     return count;