diff --git a/Objects/abstract.c b/Objects/abstract.c
index 8d3030a118a..305910c3584 100644
--- a/Objects/abstract.c
+++ b/Objects/abstract.c
@@ -1510,7 +1510,7 @@ PySequence_Check(PyObject *s)
 {
     if (PyDict_Check(s))
         return 0;
-    return s != NULL && s->ob_type->tp_as_sequence &&
+    return s->ob_type->tp_as_sequence &&
         s->ob_type->tp_as_sequence->sq_item != NULL;
 }