diff --git a/tests/testutils.c b/tests/testutils.c
index 4ffea0c4ad..b587f83b0f 100644
--- a/tests/testutils.c
+++ b/tests/testutils.c
@@ -469,15 +469,14 @@ virtTestDifferenceFullInternal(FILE *stream,
     actualStart = actual;
     actualEnd = actual + (strlen(actual)-1);
 
-    if (regenerate && (virTestGetRegenerate() > 0) && expectName && actual) {
+    if (expectName && regenerate && (virTestGetRegenerate() > 0)) {
         char *regencontent;
 
         /* Try to properly indent qemu argv files */
         if (!(regencontent = virStringReplace(actual, " -", " \\\n-")))
             return -1;
 
-        if (expectName && actual &&
-            virFileWriteStr(expectName, regencontent, 0666) < 0) {
+        if (virFileWriteStr(expectName, regencontent, 0666) < 0) {
             VIR_FREE(regencontent);
             return -1;
         }