diff --git a/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket.cpp b/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket.cpp
index b092e5e980..d584c28e15 100644
--- a/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket.cpp
+++ b/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket.cpp
@@ -2135,10 +2135,8 @@ void QSslConfigurationPrivate::deepCopyDefaultConfiguration(QSslConfigurationPri
     QMutexLocker locker(&globalData()->mutex);
     const QSslConfigurationPrivate *global = globalData()->config.constData();
 
-    if (!global) {
-        ptr = 0;
+    if (!global)
         return;
-    }
 
     ptr->ref.store(1);
     ptr->peerCertificate = global->peerCertificate;