diff --git a/Sofa/GUI/Qt/src/sofa/gui/qt/RealGUI.cpp b/Sofa/GUI/Qt/src/sofa/gui/qt/RealGUI.cpp
index 442d20d86ea..1f4b1d27d7b 100644
--- a/Sofa/GUI/Qt/src/sofa/gui/qt/RealGUI.cpp
+++ b/Sofa/GUI/Qt/src/sofa/gui/qt/RealGUI.cpp
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ void RealGUI::registerViewer(BaseViewer* _viewer)
 
 BaseViewer* RealGUI::getViewer()
 {
-    return m_viewer!=nullptr ? m_viewer : nullptr;
+    return m_viewer;
 }
 
 //------------------------------------