diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections/IteratorUtils.java b/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections/IteratorUtils.java
index 794961177..9805166f7 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections/IteratorUtils.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections/IteratorUtils.java
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ public class IteratorUtils {
         } else if (obj instanceof Dictionary) {
             return new EnumerationIterator(((Dictionary) obj).elements());
             
-        } else if (obj != null && obj.getClass().isArray()) {
+        } else if (obj.getClass().isArray()) {
             return new ArrayIterator(obj);
             
         } else {