diff --git a/gramps/gui/views/treemodels/treebasemodel.py b/gramps/gui/views/treemodels/treebasemodel.py
index fbbdd66ce..8ec76dede 100644
--- a/gramps/gui/views/treemodels/treebasemodel.py
+++ b/gramps/gui/views/treemodels/treebasemodel.py
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ class TreeBaseModel(GObject.Object, Gtk.TreeModel):
             pathlist.append(index)
             node = parent
 
-        if pathlist is not None:
+        if pathlist:
             pathlist.reverse()
             return Gtk.TreePath(tuple(pathlist))
         else: