diff --git a/src/hyperloglog.c b/src/hyperloglog.c
index 119cbab1c..5a19443b4 100644
--- a/src/hyperloglog.c
+++ b/src/hyperloglog.c
@@ -784,10 +784,8 @@ int hllSparseAdd(robj *o, unsigned char *ele, size_t elesize) {
      int deltalen = seqlen-oldlen;
 
      if (deltalen > 0 && sdslen(o->ptr) > HLL_SPARSE_MAX) goto promote;
-     if (deltalen && next) {
-        memmove(next+deltalen,next,next-sparse);
-        sdsIncrLen(o->ptr,deltalen);
-     }
+     if (deltalen && next) memmove(next+deltalen,next,next-sparse);
+     sdsIncrLen(o->ptr,deltalen);
      memcpy(p,seq,seqlen);
 
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