diff --git a/src/events/SDL_mouse.c b/src/events/SDL_mouse.c
index 0369b1091d0f2..69f4228fe5801 100644
--- a/src/events/SDL_mouse.c
+++ b/src/events/SDL_mouse.c
@@ -748,10 +748,8 @@ static void SDL_PrivateSendMouseMotion(Uint64 timestamp, SDL_Window *window, SDL
 
     // modify internal state
     {
-        if (relative) {
-            mouse->x_accu += xrel;
-            mouse->y_accu += yrel;
-        }
+        mouse->x_accu += xrel;
+        mouse->y_accu += yrel;
 
         if (relative && mouse->has_position) {
             mouse->x += xrel;