diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitObject.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitObject.cs
index d8614c9d3d..9a5e25c8ac 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitObject.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitObject.cs
@@ -99,12 +99,9 @@ private void load()
         {
             var judgement = HitObject.CreateJudgement();
 
-            if (judgement != null)
-            {
-                Result = CreateResult(judgement);
-                if (Result == null)
-                    throw new InvalidOperationException($"{GetType().ReadableName()} must provide a {nameof(JudgementResult)} through {nameof(CreateResult)}.");
-            }
+            Result = CreateResult(judgement);
+            if (Result == null)
+                throw new InvalidOperationException($"{GetType().ReadableName()} must provide a {nameof(JudgementResult)} through {nameof(CreateResult)}.");
 
             loadSamples();
         }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Scoring/JudgementProcessor.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Scoring/JudgementProcessor.cs
index 3016007f98..334b95f808 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Scoring/JudgementProcessor.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Scoring/JudgementProcessor.cs
@@ -125,8 +125,6 @@ void simulate(HitObject obj)
                     simulate(nested);
 
                 var judgement = obj.CreateJudgement();
-                if (judgement == null)
-                    return;
 
                 var result = CreateResult(obj, judgement);
                 if (result == null)