diff --git a/components/com_content/views/form/view.html.php b/components/com_content/views/form/view.html.php
index 944db4ea81309..43297373b8263 100644
--- a/components/com_content/views/form/view.html.php
+++ b/components/com_content/views/form/view.html.php
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public function display($tpl = null)
 			$this->item->tags->getItemTags('com_content.article', $this->item->id);
 		}
 
-		if (!empty($this->item) && isset($this->item->id))
+		if (isset($this->item->id))
 		{
 			$this->item->images = json_decode($this->item->images);
 			$this->item->urls = json_decode($this->item->urls);