diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 56bc1c7bf0..b4b3bfd8d9 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -2799,7 +2799,7 @@ static size_t my_fwrite(void *buffer, size_t sz, size_t nmemb, void *stream)
   struct OutStruct *out=(struct OutStruct *)stream;
   struct Configurable *config = out->config;
 
-  if(out && !out->stream) {
+  if(!out->stream) {
     /* open file for writing */
     out->stream=fopen(out->filename, "wb");
     if(!out->stream) {