diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-processor/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationprocessor/TypeElementMembers.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-processor/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationprocessor/TypeElementMembers.java
index 6487704e7d1c..e39018a532cf 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-processor/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationprocessor/TypeElementMembers.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-processor/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationprocessor/TypeElementMembers.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2018 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2019 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ private void process(TypeElement element) {
 		}
 
 		Element superType = this.env.getTypeUtils().asElement(element.getSuperclass());
-		if (superType != null && superType instanceof TypeElement
+		if (superType instanceof TypeElement
 				&& !OBJECT_CLASS_NAME.equals(superType.toString())) {
 			process((TypeElement) superType);
 		}