diff --git a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
index 4d32ea70f3d..165ccae9f42 100644
--- a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
@@ -757,8 +757,7 @@ bytearray_init(PyByteArrayObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
     if (count == -1 && PyErr_Occurred()) {
         if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_OverflowError))
             return -1;
-        else
-            PyErr_Clear();
+        PyErr_Clear();
     }
     else if (count < 0) {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "negative count");