diff --git a/lib/child_process.js b/lib/child_process.js
index 69afdbe68d3c0a..ad8842e520c3be 100644
--- a/lib/child_process.js
+++ b/lib/child_process.js
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ var _deprecatedCustomFds = internalUtil.deprecate(function(options) {
    'Use options.stdio instead.');
 
 function _convertCustomFds(options) {
-  if (options && options.customFds && !options.stdio) {
+  if (options.customFds && !options.stdio) {
     _deprecatedCustomFds(options);
   }
 }