1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index ad16164232..b80f656fb9 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -2581,8 +2581,6 @@ const char *diff_unique_abbrev(const unsigned char *sha1, int len)
 		return sha1_to_hex(sha1);
 
 	abbrev = find_unique_abbrev(sha1, len);
-	if (!abbrev)
-		return sha1_to_hex(sha1);
 	abblen = strlen(abbrev);
 	if (abblen < 37) {
 		static char hex[41];