diff --git a/Objects/bytesobject.c b/Objects/bytesobject.c
index 9358e5e..3b69fec 100644
--- a/Objects/bytesobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bytesobject.c
@@ -2004,7 +2004,7 @@
 Py_LOCAL_INLINE(PyObject *)
 do_argstrip(PyBytesObject *self, int striptype, PyObject *bytes)
 {
-    if (bytes != NULL && bytes != Py_None) {
+    if (bytes != Py_None) {
         return do_xstrip(self, striptype, bytes);
     }
     return do_strip(self, striptype);