diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e5f36af181..88bd0b6263 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Fri Oct 10 00:11:16 2008  Yusuke Endoh  <mame@tsg.ne.jp>
+
+	* transcode.c (rb_econv_add_coverter): remove unnecessary NULL check.
+
 Thu Oct  9 23:53:23 2008  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* misc/ruby-style.el (ruby-style-c-mode): buffer may not have file
diff --git a/transcode.c b/transcode.c
index 43013be0ff..cd1f27cf05 100644
--- a/transcode.c
+++ b/transcode.c
@@ -1800,8 +1800,6 @@ rb_econv_add_converter(rb_econv_t *ec, const char *sname, const char *dname, int
         return -1;
 
     tr = load_transcoder_entry(entry);
-    if (!entry)
-        return -1;
 
     return rb_econv_add_transcoder_at(ec, tr, n);
 }