diff --git a/Modules/md5module.c b/Modules/md5module.c
index 25b163c..00ee6c3 100644
--- a/Modules/md5module.c
+++ b/Modules/md5module.c
@@ -350,13 +350,8 @@
 {
     MD5object *newobj;
 
-    if (Py_TYPE(self) == &MD5type) {
-        if ( (newobj = newMD5object())==NULL)
-            return NULL;
-    } else {
-        if ( (newobj = newMD5object())==NULL)
-            return NULL;
-    }
+    if ((newobj = newMD5object())==NULL)
+        return NULL;
 
     newobj->hash_state = self->hash_state;
     return (PyObject *)newobj;