diff --git a/source/libs/executor/src/tsimplehash.c b/source/libs/executor/src/tsimplehash.c
index b839fba543..ee60f09afd 100644
--- a/source/libs/executor/src/tsimplehash.c
+++ b/source/libs/executor/src/tsimplehash.c
@@ -295,11 +295,7 @@ int32_t tSimpleHashIterateRemove(SSHashObj *pHashObj, const void *key, size_t ke
       }
 
       if (*pIter == (void *)GET_SHASH_NODE_DATA(pNode)) {
-        if (!pPrev) {
-          *pIter = NULL;
-        } else {
-          *pIter = pPrev;
-        }
+        *pIter = pPrev;
       }
 
       FREE_HASH_NODE(pNode);