diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 0b3490ba7a..756a4c1781 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2011-03-01  Michael Snyder  <msnyder@vmware.com>
 
+	* event-top.c (display_gdb_prompt): Remove superfluous null check.
+
 	* python/py-prettyprint.c (apply_val_pretty_printer): VAL may
 	be null.
 
diff --git a/gdb/event-top.c b/gdb/event-top.c
index afb0c08b00..71accf6363 100644
--- a/gdb/event-top.c
+++ b/gdb/event-top.c
@@ -312,8 +312,8 @@ display_gdb_prompt (char *new_prompt)
       rl_callback_handler_install (new_prompt, input_handler);
     }
   /* new_prompt at this point can be the top of the stack or the one
-     passed in.  */
-  else if (new_prompt)
+     passed in.  It can't be NULL.  */
+  else
     {
       /* Don't use a _filtered function here.  It causes the assumed
          character position to be off, since the newline we read from