diff --git a/lib/rules/no-irregular-whitespace.js b/lib/rules/no-irregular-whitespace.js
index c4c90a53fecf..ef6c82822b1d 100644
--- a/lib/rules/no-irregular-whitespace.js
+++ b/lib/rules/no-irregular-whitespace.js
@@ -156,10 +156,8 @@ module.exports = {
          * @private
          */
         function removeInvalidNodeErrorsInJSXText(node) {
-            if (typeof node.raw === "string") {
-                if (ALL_IRREGULARS.test(node.raw)) {
-                    removeWhitespaceError(node);
-                }
+            if (ALL_IRREGULARS.test(node.raw)) {
+                removeWhitespaceError(node);
             }
         }