diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_object_main.c b/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_object_main.c
index d639c576a7..8c80eae0c6 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_object_main.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_object_main.c
@@ -2067,10 +2067,10 @@ _type_get(Eo *eo_obj EINA_UNUSED, void *_pd, va_list *list)
    const char **type = va_arg(*list, const char **);
    if (obj->delete_me)
      {
-        if (type) *type = "";
+        *type = "";
         return;
      }
-   if (type) *type = obj->type;
+   *type = obj->type;
 }
 
 static void