diff --git a/libavformat/mpegts.c b/libavformat/mpegts.c
index b808c40162..8cd81d6d47 100644
--- a/libavformat/mpegts.c
+++ b/libavformat/mpegts.c
@@ -1229,7 +1229,7 @@ static void m4sl_cb(MpegTSFilter *filter, const uint8_t *section, int section_le
             AVStream *st;
             if (ts->pids[pid]->es_id != mp4_descr[i].es_id)
                 continue;
-            if (!(ts->pids[pid] && ts->pids[pid]->type == MPEGTS_PES)) {
+            if (ts->pids[pid]->type != MPEGTS_PES) {
                 av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "pid %x is not PES\n", pid);
                 continue;
             }