diff --git a/google/cloud/pubsub_v1/publisher/client.py b/google/cloud/pubsub_v1/publisher/client.py
index caf9fa180..3e668533d 100644
--- a/google/cloud/pubsub_v1/publisher/client.py
+++ b/google/cloud/pubsub_v1/publisher/client.py
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ def on_publish_done(future):
                     transport = self._transport
                     base_retry = transport._wrapped_methods[transport.publish]._retry
                     retry = base_retry.with_deadline(2.0**32)
-                elif retry is not None:
+                else:
                     retry = retry.with_deadline(2.0**32)
 
             # Delegate the publishing to the sequencer.