diff --git a/lib/api/router/metadata.js b/lib/api/router/metadata.js
index e7f20e51c7b..30f26b876fb 100644
--- a/lib/api/router/metadata.js
+++ b/lib/api/router/metadata.js
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ export const MetaData = {
         // discard defaults
         DocHead.removeDocHeadAddedTags();
 
-        if (product && product.description) {
+        if (product.description) {
           DocHead.addMeta({
             name: "description",
-            content: product.pageTitle.substring(0, 160)
+            content: product.description.substring(0, 160)
           });
         }