diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/apache/comet/vector/CometPlainVector.java b/common/src/main/java/org/apache/comet/vector/CometPlainVector.java
index e2a625f01..c368c3b3c 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/apache/comet/vector/CometPlainVector.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/apache/comet/vector/CometPlainVector.java
@@ -153,11 +153,7 @@ public CDataDictionaryProvider getDictionaryProvider() {
 
   @Override
   public boolean isNullAt(int rowId) {
-    if (this.valueBufferAddress == -1) {
-      return true;
-    } else {
-      return super.isNullAt(rowId);
-    }
+    return this.valueBufferAddress == -1 || super.isNullAt(rowId);
   }
 
   @Override