diff --git a/src/lib/ecore/ecore_getopt.c b/src/lib/ecore/ecore_getopt.c
index e36445501c..b6d5149bd2 100644
--- a/src/lib/ecore/ecore_getopt.c
+++ b/src/lib/ecore/ecore_getopt.c
@@ -1788,9 +1788,7 @@ _ecore_getopt_parse_arg_short(const Ecore_Getopt *parser,
 
         desc_idx = desc - parser->descs;
         value = values + desc_idx;
-        if (arg_val)
-          ret = _ecore_getopt_desc_handle(parser, desc, value, arg_val);
-        else ret = EINA_FALSE;
+        ret = _ecore_getopt_desc_handle(parser, desc, value, arg_val);
         if ((!ret) && parser->strict)
           return EINA_FALSE;
      }