diff --git a/resource/reapi/bindings/c/reapi_cli.cpp b/resource/reapi/bindings/c/reapi_cli.cpp
index 0a95a4377..1d6fdf590 100644
--- a/resource/reapi/bindings/c/reapi_cli.cpp
+++ b/resource/reapi/bindings/c/reapi_cli.cpp
@@ -273,13 +273,8 @@ extern "C" int reapi_cli_stat (reapi_cli_ctx_t *ctx,
 extern "C" const char *reapi_cli_get_err_msg (reapi_cli_ctx_t *ctx)
 {
     std::string err_buf = "";
-
-    if (ctx->rqt)
-        err_buf = ctx->rqt->get_resource_query_err_msg () + reapi_cli_t::get_err_message ()
+    err_buf = ctx->rqt->get_resource_query_err_msg () + reapi_cli_t::get_err_message ()
                   + ctx->err_msg;
-    else
-        err_buf = reapi_cli_t::get_err_message () + ctx->err_msg;
-
     return strdup (err_buf.c_str ());
 }