1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/charset.c b/src/nvim/charset.c
index 6618a7c22d..ae5da557d5 100644
--- a/src/nvim/charset.c
+++ b/src/nvim/charset.c
@@ -1910,10 +1910,8 @@ void backslash_halve(char_u *p)
 /// @return String with the number of backslashes halved.
 char_u* backslash_halve_save(char_u *p)
 {
+  // TODO(philix): simplify and improve backslash_halve_save algorithm
   char_u *res = vim_strsave(p);
-  if (res == NULL) {
-    return p;
-  }
   backslash_halve(res);
   return res;
 }