diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeproject.cpp b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeproject.cpp
index b13a476c4d293ffdbdb4d6745b716159bae9d017..2bce60f5dfbe0a51d7c0d84b42d76da920068339 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeproject.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeproject.cpp
@@ -1563,10 +1563,7 @@ void QmakeProject::testToolChain(ToolChain *tc, const Utils::FileName &path) con
 
 void QmakeProject::warnOnToolChainMismatch(const QmakeProFileNode *pro) const
 {
-    Target *t = activeTarget();
-    if (!t)
-        return;
-
+    const Target *t = activeTarget();
     const BuildConfiguration *bc = t ? t->activeBuildConfiguration() : nullptr;
     if (!bc)
         return;