diff --git a/kernel/private/classes/clusterfilehandlers/ezdfsfilehandler.php b/kernel/private/classes/clusterfilehandlers/ezdfsfilehandler.php
index 0811fd7951e..f5a19ada8ae 100644
--- a/kernel/private/classes/clusterfilehandlers/ezdfsfilehandler.php
+++ b/kernel/private/classes/clusterfilehandlers/ezdfsfilehandler.php
@@ -1371,12 +1371,6 @@ public function abortCacheGeneration()
      */
     public function checkCacheGenerationTimeout()
     {
-        if ( $this->generationStartTimestamp === false )
-        {
-            eZDebug::writeError( "Cache generation has not started, cannot check timeout", 'cluster.log' );
-            return true;
-        }
-
         eZDebugSetting::writeDebug( 'kernel-clustering', 'Checking cache generation timeout', "dfs::checkCacheGenerationTimeout( '{$this->filePath}' )" );
         return self::$dbbackend->_checkCacheGenerationTimeout( $this->filePath, $this->generationStartTimestamp );
     }