diff --git a/cui/source/dialogs/SpellDialog.cxx b/cui/source/dialogs/SpellDialog.cxx
index 567006f0d492..8b41f7fd8eea 100644
--- a/cui/source/dialogs/SpellDialog.cxx
+++ b/cui/source/dialogs/SpellDialog.cxx
@@ -1851,7 +1851,7 @@ svx::SpellPortions SentenceEditWindow_Impl::CreateSpellPortions() const
             aRet.push_back(aPortion1);
 
         }
-        else if(!aBreakPositions.empty())
+        else
         {
             LanguagePositions_Impl::iterator aStart = aBreakPositions.begin();
             //start should always be Null