diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/Functions.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/Functions.java
index 3d62d67d281a600bc1b98173e994b3aa79d8c0d7..3736611bf8ef46bd0d7f49aedae4745a5f05313c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/Functions.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/Functions.java
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ public class Functions {
 
             if(ig== Jenkins.getInstance() || (view != null && ig == view.getOwnerItemGroup())) {
                 assert i instanceof TopLevelItem;
-                if (view != null && view.contains((TopLevelItem)i)) {
+                if (view.contains((TopLevelItem)i)) {
                     // if p and the current page belongs to the same view, then return a relative path
                     return normalizeURI(ancestors.get(view)+'/'+url);
                 } else {