diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/gl/wrappers/gl_draw_funcs.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/gl/wrappers/gl_draw_funcs.cpp
index 4fbe56339..8070907e3 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/gl/wrappers/gl_draw_funcs.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/gl/wrappers/gl_draw_funcs.cpp
@@ -3533,7 +3533,7 @@ bool WrappedOpenGL::Serialise_glClearNamedBufferDataEXT(SerialiserType &ser, GLu
 
   uint64_t data[4] = {0};
 
-  if(ser.IsWriting() && dataPtr)
+  if(ser.IsWriting())
   {
     size_t s = 1;
     switch(format)