diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Repository.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Repository.java
index 76f537817..911b1f6a7 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Repository.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Repository.java
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ private Object resolve(final RevWalk rw, final String revstr)
 			return rev.copy();
 		if (name != null)
 			return name;
-		if (rev == null && done == revstr.length())
+		if (done == revstr.length())
 			return null;
 		name = revstr.substring(done);
 		if (!Repository.isValidRefName("x/" + name))