diff --git a/core/chains/evm/logpoller/orm.go b/core/chains/evm/logpoller/orm.go
index 2026b3a308d..3cab2b90546 100644
--- a/core/chains/evm/logpoller/orm.go
+++ b/core/chains/evm/logpoller/orm.go
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func (o *DbORM) InsertFilter(filter Filter, qopts ...pg.QOpt) (err error) {
 	// https://github.com/jmoiron/sqlx/issues/91, https://github.com/jmoiron/sqlx/issues/428
 	var topicsColumns, topicsSql strings.Builder
 	for n, topicValues := range topicArrays {
-		if topicValues != nil && len(topicValues) != 0 {
+		if len(topicValues) != 0 {
 			topicCol := fmt.Sprintf("topic%d", n+2)
 			fmt.Fprintf(&topicsColumns, ", %s", topicCol)
 			fmt.Fprintf(&topicsSql, ",\n(SELECT unnest(:%s ::::BYTEA[]) %s) t%d", topicCol, topicCol, n+2)