diff --git a/gst/rtsp/gstrtspsrc.c b/gst/rtsp/gstrtspsrc.c
index de456267bb..ae875bf812 100644
--- a/gst/rtsp/gstrtspsrc.c
+++ b/gst/rtsp/gstrtspsrc.c
@@ -5132,8 +5132,7 @@ gst_rtspsrc_parse_digest_challenge (GstRTSPConnection * conn,
     } else
       value = NULL;
 
-    if (item && (strcmp (item, "stale") == 0) &&
-        value && (strcmp (value, "TRUE") == 0))
+    if (value && strcmp (item, "stale") == 0 && strcmp (value, "TRUE") == 0)
       *stale = TRUE;
     gst_rtsp_connection_set_auth_param (conn, item, value);
     g_free (item);