diff --git a/gdal/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/osm/ogrosmdatasource.cpp b/gdal/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/osm/ogrosmdatasource.cpp
index 5cb1e75311ba..ecee2c69951e 100644
--- a/gdal/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/osm/ogrosmdatasource.cpp
+++ b/gdal/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/osm/ogrosmdatasource.cpp
@@ -3851,8 +3851,6 @@ OGRFeature* OGROSMDataSource::GetNextFeature( OGRLayer** ppoBelongingLayer,
         poCurrentLayer = poNewCurLayer;
         if( poFeature == NULL)
         {
-            if( poCurrentLayer != NULL )
-                continue;
             if( ppoBelongingLayer != NULL )
                 *ppoBelongingLayer = NULL;
             if( pdfProgressPct != NULL )