diff --git a/libethereum/Account.h b/libethereum/Account.h
index d9c79855237..70189392f99 100644
--- a/libethereum/Account.h
+++ b/libethereum/Account.h
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class Account
 	u256 const& balance() const { return m_balance; }
 
 	/// Increments the balance of this account by the given amount. It's a bigint, so can be negative.
-	void addBalance(bigint _i) { if (!_i) return; m_balance = (u256)((bigint)m_balance + _i); changed(); }
+	void addBalance(bigint _i) { m_balance = (u256)((bigint)m_balance + _i); changed(); }
 
 	/// @returns the nonce of the account. Can be altered in place.
 	u256& nonce() { return m_nonce; }