diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
index 06b7614f617..6debb8567eb 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements Serv
         if (cpuFeatures != null) {
             _cpuFeatures = new ArrayList<String>();
             for (String feature: cpuFeatures.split(" ")) {
-                if (feature != null || !feature.isEmpty()) {
+                if (!feature.isEmpty()) {
                     _cpuFeatures.add(feature);
                 }
             }