1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/fileio.c b/src/nvim/fileio.c
index fc8ff8b987..129f1a1de2 100644
--- a/src/nvim/fileio.c
+++ b/src/nvim/fileio.c
@@ -2087,10 +2087,7 @@ void set_forced_fenc(exarg_T *eap)
 {
   if (eap->force_enc != 0) {
     char_u *fenc = enc_canonize(eap->cmd + eap->force_enc);
-
-    if (fenc != NULL)
-      set_string_option_direct((char_u *)"fenc", -1,
-          fenc, OPT_FREE|OPT_LOCAL, 0);
+    set_string_option_direct((char_u *)"fenc", -1, fenc, OPT_FREE|OPT_LOCAL, 0);
     free(fenc);
   }
 }