diff --git a/libavcodec/options.c b/libavcodec/options.c
index 58c7ce8d62..b8d4a9faf6 100644
--- a/libavcodec/options.c
+++ b/libavcodec/options.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
 static const char* context_to_name(void* ptr) {
     AVCodecContext *avc= ptr;
 
-    if(avc && avc->codec && avc->codec->name)
+    if (avc && avc->codec)
         return avc->codec->name;
     else
         return "NULL";