diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/base/ModeledDirectoryObjectService.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/base/ModeledDirectoryObjectService.java
index db86d35f9..acfa2c213 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/base/ModeledDirectoryObjectService.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/base/ModeledDirectoryObjectService.java
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ public abstract class ModeledDirectoryObjectService<InternalType extends Modeled
 
         // Add implicit permissions
         Collection<ObjectPermissionModel> implicitPermissions = getImplicitPermissions(user, model);
-        if (implicitPermissions != null && !implicitPermissions.isEmpty())
+        if (!implicitPermissions.isEmpty())
             getPermissionMapper().insert(implicitPermissions);
 
         // Add any arbitrary attributes