diff --git a/src/document.cpp b/src/document.cpp
index 7e99635277e66a91e4e5c6711c93d307be483a17..7a6a7d26cee5ff0579d9c4ee77d7fb4b054071b5 100644
--- a/src/document.cpp
+++ b/src/document.cpp
@@ -851,16 +851,14 @@ void SPDocument::fitToRect(Geom::Rect const &rect, bool with_margins)
     double margin_bottom = 0.0;
 
     if (with_margins && nv) {
-        if (nv != nullptr) {
-            margin_top = nv->getMarginLength("fit-margin-top", nv_units, unit_table.getUnit("px"), w, h, false);
-            margin_left = nv->getMarginLength("fit-margin-left", nv_units, unit_table.getUnit("px"), w, h, true);
-            margin_right = nv->getMarginLength("fit-margin-right", nv_units, unit_table.getUnit("px"), w, h, true);
-            margin_bottom = nv->getMarginLength("fit-margin-bottom", nv_units, unit_table.getUnit("px"), w, h, false);
-            margin_top = Inkscape::Util::Quantity::convert(margin_top, nv_units, "px");
-            margin_left = Inkscape::Util::Quantity::convert(margin_left, nv_units, "px");
-            margin_right = Inkscape::Util::Quantity::convert(margin_right, nv_units, "px");
-            margin_bottom = Inkscape::Util::Quantity::convert(margin_bottom, nv_units, "px");
-        }
+        margin_top = nv->getMarginLength("fit-margin-top", nv_units, unit_table.getUnit("px"), w, h, false);
+        margin_left = nv->getMarginLength("fit-margin-left", nv_units, unit_table.getUnit("px"), w, h, true);
+        margin_right = nv->getMarginLength("fit-margin-right", nv_units, unit_table.getUnit("px"), w, h, true);
+        margin_bottom = nv->getMarginLength("fit-margin-bottom", nv_units, unit_table.getUnit("px"), w, h, false);
+        margin_top = Inkscape::Util::Quantity::convert(margin_top, nv_units, "px");
+        margin_left = Inkscape::Util::Quantity::convert(margin_left, nv_units, "px");
+        margin_right = Inkscape::Util::Quantity::convert(margin_right, nv_units, "px");
+        margin_bottom = Inkscape::Util::Quantity::convert(margin_bottom, nv_units, "px");
     }
 
     double y_dir = yaxisdir();