diff --git a/app/core/gimpdrawablefilter.c b/app/core/gimpdrawablefilter.c
index 717ff2bdcf..238bf15672 100644
--- a/app/core/gimpdrawablefilter.c
+++ b/app/core/gimpdrawablefilter.c
@@ -1429,12 +1429,8 @@ gimp_drawable_filter_sync_region (GimpDrawableFilter *filter)
   filters = gimp_drawable_get_filters (filter->drawable);
 
   /* The first test is because the filter might not be added yet. */
-  if (GIMP_LIST (filters)->queue->tail == NULL)
-    {
-      first_filter = TRUE;
-    }
-  else if (GIMP_LIST (filters)->queue->tail != NULL &&
-           filter == GIMP_LIST (filters)->queue->tail->data)
+  if (GIMP_LIST (filters)->queue->tail != NULL &&
+      filter == GIMP_LIST (filters)->queue->tail->data)
     {
       GimpDrawableFilter *next_filter = NULL;