diff --git a/src/tuningdb.c b/src/tuningdb.c
index ed591f9da..de56ca3fd 100644
--- a/src/tuningdb.c
+++ b/src/tuningdb.c
@@ -119,8 +119,6 @@ int tuning_db_init (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
 
     int token_cnt = 0;
 
-    if (line_buf == NULL) continue;
-
     char *saveptr;
 
     char *next = strtok_r (line_buf, "\t ", &saveptr);