diff --git a/src/subsonic/subsonicbaserequest.cpp b/src/subsonic/subsonicbaserequest.cpp
index c10b05840..94d7c30d4 100644
--- a/src/subsonic/subsonicbaserequest.cpp
+++ b/src/subsonic/subsonicbaserequest.cpp
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ QJsonObject SubsonicBaseRequest::ExtractJsonObj(QByteArray &data) {
     return QJsonObject();
   }
 
-  if (json_doc.isNull() || json_doc.isEmpty()) {
+  if (json_doc.isEmpty()) {
     Error("Received empty Json document.", data);
     return QJsonObject();
   }
diff --git a/src/subsonic/subsonicservice.cpp b/src/subsonic/subsonicservice.cpp
index 192e96c31..fa0b258ec 100644
--- a/src/subsonic/subsonicservice.cpp
+++ b/src/subsonic/subsonicservice.cpp
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ void SubsonicService::HandlePingReply(QNetworkReply *reply, const QUrl &url, con
       QByteArray data = reply->readAll();
       QJsonParseError parse_error;
       QJsonDocument json_doc = QJsonDocument::fromJson(data, &parse_error);
-      if (parse_error.error == QJsonParseError::NoError && !json_doc.isNull() && !json_doc.isEmpty() && json_doc.isObject()) {
+      if (parse_error.error == QJsonParseError::NoError && !json_doc.isEmpty() && json_doc.isObject()) {
         QJsonObject json_obj = json_doc.object();
         if (!json_obj.isEmpty() && json_obj.contains("error")) {
           QJsonValue json_error = json_obj["error"];