diff --git a/src/Storages/RocksDB/StorageEmbeddedRocksDB.cpp b/src/Storages/RocksDB/StorageEmbeddedRocksDB.cpp
index 31cb2f2f9c2..20b1de51a30 100644
--- a/src/Storages/RocksDB/StorageEmbeddedRocksDB.cpp
+++ b/src/Storages/RocksDB/StorageEmbeddedRocksDB.cpp
@@ -523,8 +523,7 @@ Chunk StorageEmbeddedRocksDB::getByKeys(
 
 Block StorageEmbeddedRocksDB::getSampleBlock(const Names &) const
 {
-    auto metadata = getInMemoryMetadataPtr();
-    return metadata ? metadata->getSampleBlock() : Block();
+    return getInMemoryMetadataPtr()->getSampleBlock();
 }
 
 Chunk StorageEmbeddedRocksDB::getBySerializedKeys(