diff --git a/src/renderers/dom/client/syntheticEvents/SyntheticUIEvent.js b/src/renderers/dom/client/syntheticEvents/SyntheticUIEvent.js
index b0eae7bed3e1..16b5907e959b 100644
--- a/src/renderers/dom/client/syntheticEvents/SyntheticUIEvent.js
+++ b/src/renderers/dom/client/syntheticEvents/SyntheticUIEvent.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ var UIEventInterface = {
     }
 
     var target = getEventTarget(event);
-    if (target != null && target.window === target) {
+    if (target.window === target) {
       // target is a window object
       return target;
     }