diff --git a/glib/gslist.c b/glib/gslist.c
index 50e93e0ce7..c7be8ce334 100644
--- a/glib/gslist.c
+++ b/glib/gslist.c
@@ -367,9 +367,6 @@ g_slist_insert_sorted (GSList    *list,
       cmp = (*func) (data, tmp_list->data);
     }
 
-  if (cmp == 0)
-    return list;
- 
   new_list = g_slist_alloc();
   new_list->data = data;