diff --git a/Headers/GNUstepBase/GSIArray.h b/Headers/GNUstepBase/GSIArray.h
index bdf883d51b..b11edc90a9 100644
--- a/Headers/GNUstepBase/GSIArray.h
+++ b/Headers/GNUstepBase/GSIArray.h
@@ -574,16 +574,13 @@ GSIArrayRemoveItemsFromIndex(GSIArray array, unsigned index)
 GS_STATIC_INLINE void
 GSIArrayRemoveAllItems(GSIArray array)
 {
-  if (array->count)
-    {
 #ifndef	GSI_ARRAY_NO_RELEASE
-      while (array->count--)
-        {
-          GSI_ARRAY_RELEASE(array, array->ptr[array->count]);
-        }
-#endif
-      array->count = 0;
+  while (array->count--)
+    {
+      GSI_ARRAY_RELEASE(array, array->ptr[array->count]);
     }
+#endif
+  array->count = 0;
 }
 
 GS_STATIC_INLINE void