diff --git a/src/process.c b/src/process.c
index 91d426103d..6d497ef854 100644
--- a/src/process.c
+++ b/src/process.c
@@ -5937,8 +5937,7 @@ wait_reading_process_output (intmax_t time_limit, int nsecs, int read_kbd,
 		  /* If we have an incompletely set up TLS connection,
 		     then defer the sentinel signaling until
 		     later. */
-		  if (NILP (p->gnutls_boot_parameters)
-		      && !p->gnutls_p)
+		  if (NILP (p->gnutls_boot_parameters))
 #endif
 		    {
 		      pset_status (p, Qrun);