diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 6d111bf..70529c6 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -1362,8 +1362,8 @@
             return -1;
         _PyUnicode_CheckConsistency(*p_unicode);
         return 0;
-    } else
-        return resize_inplace((PyUnicodeObject*)unicode, length);
+    }
+    return resize_inplace((PyUnicodeObject*)unicode, length);
 }
 
 int