From 7b1d43a6dce57db2924de73b249af9bc458317e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gary Russell <grussell@pivotal.io>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 11:55:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] INT-4147: Remove Unnecessary null Check

JIRA: https://jira.spring.io/browse/INT-4147

instanceof returns false for null.
---
 .../integration/file/FileReadingMessageSource.java              | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/spring-integration-file/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/file/FileReadingMessageSource.java b/spring-integration-file/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/file/FileReadingMessageSource.java
index 2463832d1f..d438b999c9 100644
--- a/spring-integration-file/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/file/FileReadingMessageSource.java
+++ b/spring-integration-file/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/file/FileReadingMessageSource.java
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ public class FileReadingMessageSource extends IntegrationObjectSupport implement
 						}
 
 						if (event.kind() == StandardWatchEventKinds.ENTRY_DELETE) {
-							if (getFilter() != null && getFilter() instanceof ResettableFileListFilter) {
+							if (getFilter() instanceof ResettableFileListFilter) {
 								((ResettableFileListFilter<File>) getFilter()).remove(file);
 							}
 							boolean fileRemoved = files.remove(file);