diff --git a/libavcodec/snow.c b/libavcodec/snow.c
index 76f0b35f2d..b7d205a62a 100644
--- a/libavcodec/snow.c
+++ b/libavcodec/snow.c
@@ -1298,7 +1298,6 @@ static inline void unpack_coeffs(SnowContext *s, SubBand *b, SubBand * parent, i
     const int h= b->height;
     int x,y;
 
-    if(1){
         int run, runs;
         x_and_coeff *xc= b->x_coeff;
         x_and_coeff *prev_xc= NULL;
@@ -1390,7 +1389,6 @@ static inline void unpack_coeffs(SnowContext *s, SubBand *b, SubBand * parent, i
         }
 
         (xc++)->x= w+1; //end marker
-    }
 }
 
 static inline void decode_subband_slice_buffered(SnowContext *s, SubBand *b, slice_buffer * sb, int start_y, int h, int save_state[1]){