diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index 5df66fe661..74e3362653 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -3455,13 +3455,11 @@ static int img_amend(int argc, char **argv)
 
     create_opts = qemu_opts_append(create_opts, bs->drv->create_opts);
     opts = qemu_opts_create(create_opts, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
-    if (options) {
-        qemu_opts_do_parse(opts, options, NULL, &err);
-        if (err) {
-            error_report_err(err);
-            ret = -1;
-            goto out;
-        }
+    qemu_opts_do_parse(opts, options, NULL, &err);
+    if (err) {
+        error_report_err(err);
+        ret = -1;
+        goto out;
     }
 
     /* In case the driver does not call amend_status_cb() */