diff --git a/xpath.c b/xpath.c
index 20ab273..fd77a40 100644
--- a/xpath.c
+++ b/xpath.c
@@ -14688,8 +14688,7 @@
 	do {
 	    tmp = valuePop(pctxt);
 	    if (tmp != NULL) {
-		if (tmp != NULL)
-		    stack++; 
+		stack++; 
 		xmlXPathReleaseObject(ctxt, tmp);
 	    }
 	} while (tmp != NULL);