diff --git a/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDFValue.hh b/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDFValue.hh
index eef088f..e790425 100644
--- a/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDFValue.hh
+++ b/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDFValue.hh
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ class QPDFValue
     bool
     hasDescription()
     {
-        return qpdf != nullptr && object_description &&
-            !getDescription().empty();
+        return object_description != nullptr;
     }
     void
     setParsedOffset(qpdf_offset_t offset)