diff --git a/src/common/gifdecod.cpp b/src/common/gifdecod.cpp
index db8ac994df..8fda5f8ae1 100644
--- a/src/common/gifdecod.cpp
+++ b/src/common/gifdecod.cpp
@@ -142,21 +142,18 @@ bool wxGIFDecoder::ConvertToImage(wxImage *image) const
         image->SetMask(false);
 
 #if wxUSE_PALETTE
-    if (pal)
+    unsigned char r[256];
+    unsigned char g[256];
+    unsigned char b[256];
+
+    for (i = 0; i < 256; i++)
     {
-        unsigned char r[256];
-        unsigned char g[256];
-        unsigned char b[256];
-
-        for (i = 0; i < 256; i++)
-        {
-            r[i] = pal[3*i + 0];
-            g[i] = pal[3*i + 1];
-            b[i] = pal[3*i + 2];
-        }
-
-        image->SetPalette(wxPalette(256, r, g, b));
+        r[i] = pal[3*i + 0];
+        g[i] = pal[3*i + 1];
+        b[i] = pal[3*i + 2];
     }
+
+    image->SetPalette(wxPalette(256, r, g, b));
 #endif // wxUSE_PALETTE
 
     /* copy image data */