diff --git a/components/sceneutil/attach.cpp b/components/sceneutil/attach.cpp
index b5e5d38444..c438e705d8 100644
--- a/components/sceneutil/attach.cpp
+++ b/components/sceneutil/attach.cpp
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ namespace SceneUtil
                 return;
 
             osg::Node* node = &drawable;
-            if (!node)
-                return;
             while (node->getNumParents())
             {
                 osg::Group* parent = node->getParent(0);