diff --git a/libavcodec/wavpack.c b/libavcodec/wavpack.c
index a81049b18b..505bd3c96a 100644
--- a/libavcodec/wavpack.c
+++ b/libavcodec/wavpack.c
@@ -1097,11 +1097,6 @@ static int wavpack_decode_block(AVCodecContext *avctx, int block_no,
     }
 
     s = wc->fdec[block_no];
-    if (!s) {
-        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Context for block %d is not present\n",
-               block_no);
-        return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
-    }
 
     memset(s->decorr, 0, MAX_TERMS * sizeof(Decorr));
     memset(s->ch, 0, sizeof(s->ch));