diff --git a/libblkid/src/probe.c b/libblkid/src/probe.c
index b2e7435..d476b7a 100644
--- a/libblkid/src/probe.c
+++ b/libblkid/src/probe.c
@@ -1254,8 +1254,7 @@
 /* same sa blkid_probe_get_buffer() but works with 512-sectors */
 unsigned char *blkid_probe_get_sector(blkid_probe pr, unsigned int sector)
 {
-	return pr ? blkid_probe_get_buffer(pr,
-			((blkid_loff_t) sector) << 9, 0x200) : NULL;
+	return blkid_probe_get_buffer(pr, ((blkid_loff_t) sector) << 9, 0x200);
 }
 
 struct blkid_prval *blkid_probe_assign_value(