diff --git a/vendored/libfuse/lib/fuse_lowlevel.cpp b/vendored/libfuse/lib/fuse_lowlevel.cpp
index 590070ba..f6335d3f 100644
--- a/vendored/libfuse/lib/fuse_lowlevel.cpp
+++ b/vendored/libfuse/lib/fuse_lowlevel.cpp
@@ -1195,8 +1195,7 @@ do_init(fuse_req_t            *req,
     max_write = bufsize;
 
   f.got_init = 1;
-  if(f.op.init)
-    f.op.init(&f.conn);
+  f.op.init(&f.conn);
 
   outargflags = outarg.flags;
   if((inargflags & FUSE_MAX_PAGES) && (f.conn.want & FUSE_CAP_MAX_PAGES))