diff --git a/libexif/exif-data.c b/libexif/exif-data.c
index 4c6786f8fac1e49c4ee7ab5d69210ac250c9abb1..2a2a8cd69c69abed859c8a550e0171a9a9dbd072 100644
--- a/libexif/exif-data.c
+++ b/libexif/exif-data.c
@@ -1179,12 +1179,7 @@ interpret_maker_note(ExifData *data, const unsigned char *d, unsigned int ds)
 {
 	int mnoteid;
 	ExifEntry* e = exif_content_get_huawei_makenote_entry(data->ifd[EXIF_IFD_EXIF]);
-	if (!e) {
-		e = exif_data_get_entry (data, EXIF_TAG_MAKER_NOTE);
-	}
-
-	if (!e)
-		return;
+	if (!e) return;
 	
 	if ((mnoteid = exif_mnote_data_olympus_identify (data, e)) != 0) {
 		exif_log (data->priv->log, EXIF_LOG_CODE_DEBUG,