1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/sp-object.cpp b/src/sp-object.cpp
index 7dbc51b84..db66eb3e6 100644
--- a/src/sp-object.cpp
+++ b/src/sp-object.cpp
@@ -958,15 +958,16 @@ void SPObject::readAttr(gchar const *key)
     //g_assert(object != NULL);
     //g_assert(SP_IS_OBJECT(object));
     g_assert(key != NULL);
+
     //XML Tree being used here.
-    if (this->getRepr() != NULL ) {
-        unsigned int keyid = sp_attribute_lookup(key);
-        if (keyid != SP_ATTR_INVALID) {
-            /* Retrieve the 'key' attribute from the object's XML representation */
-            gchar const *value = this->getRepr()->attribute(key);
+    g_assert(this->getRepr() != NULL);
 
-            setKeyValue(keyid, value);
-        }
+    unsigned int keyid = sp_attribute_lookup(key);
+    if (keyid != SP_ATTR_INVALID) {
+        /* Retrieve the 'key' attribute from the object's XML representation */
+        gchar const *value = getRepr()->attribute(key);
+
+        setKeyValue(keyid, value);
     }
 }