diff --git a/lib/nodefs-handler.js b/lib/nodefs-handler.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/nodefs-handler.js
+++ b/lib/nodefs-handler.js
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ _handleFile(file, stats, initialAdd) {
   // kick off the watcher
   const closer = this._watchWithNodeFs(file, async (path, newStats) => {
     if (!this.fsw._throttle(THROTTLE_MODE_WATCH, file, 5)) return;
-    if (!newStats || newStats && newStats.mtimeMs === 0) {
+    if (!newStats || newStats.mtimeMs === 0) {
       try {
         const newStats = await stat(file);
         if (this.fsw.closed) return;
nodefs-handler.js: fix variable always evaluating to true.