diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/CPPVisitor.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/CPPVisitor.java
index cdc04f4ca73..2697e722d33 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/CPPVisitor.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/CPPVisitor.java
@@ -717,8 +717,6 @@ public class CPPVisitor {
         } catch (DOMException e) {
             return false;
         }
-        if (clsTypeSpec == null)
-        	return false;
         IASTName clsName = clsTypeSpec.getName();
         if (clsName instanceof ICPPASTQualifiedName) {
 	        IASTName[] names = ((ICPPASTQualifiedName)clsName).getNames();