diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawTile.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawTile.cpp
index 36aa438716..564c07e2d6 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawTile.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawTile.cpp
@@ -101,15 +101,7 @@ void DrawTile::handleChangedPropertyType(Base::XMLReader &reader, const char *Ty
 DrawView* DrawTile::getParent(void) const
 {
 //    Base::Console().Message("DT::getParent() - %s\n", getNameInDocument());
-    DrawView* result = nullptr;
-    App::DocumentObject* baseObj = TileParent.getValue();
-    if (baseObj) {
-        DrawView* cast = dynamic_cast<DrawView*>(baseObj);
-        if (cast) {
-            result = cast;
-        }
-    }
-    return result;
+    return dynamic_cast<DrawView*>(TileParent.getValue());
 }
 
 PyObject *DrawTile::getPyObject(void)