diff --git a/src/blame.c b/src/blame.c
index 219a6bfe4..ea9f77af5 100644
--- a/src/blame.c
+++ b/src/blame.c
@@ -282,8 +282,6 @@ static int load_blob(git_blame *blame)
 		goto cleanup;
 	error = git_object_lookup_bypath((git_object**)&blame->final_blob,
 			(git_object*)blame->final, blame->path, GIT_OBJ_BLOB);
-	if (error < 0)
-		goto cleanup;
 
 cleanup:
 	return error;