From 3d6dd20469ef0e068e9678c89d16f7a6cd17b64d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Kane <andrew@ankane.org>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:28:45 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Removed unneeded check

---
 src/hnswutils.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/hnswutils.c b/src/hnswutils.c
index 64f449e..f4e4d82 100644
--- a/src/hnswutils.c
+++ b/src/hnswutils.c
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ HnswSearchLayer(char *base, HnswQuery * q, List *ep, int ef, int lc, Relation in
 					continue;
 			}
 
-			if (eElement == NULL || !(eDistance < f->distance || alwaysAdd))
+			if (!(eDistance < f->distance || alwaysAdd))
 			{
 				if (discarded != NULL)
 				{