diff --git a/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/ui/HgMergeDialog.java b/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/ui/HgMergeDialog.java
index 37c72b6861b7..cadfeec91c74 100644
--- a/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/ui/HgMergeDialog.java
+++ b/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/ui/HgMergeDialog.java
@@ -118,9 +118,8 @@ public class HgMergeDialog extends DialogWrapper {
   }
 
   private void loadBranches(VirtualFile root) {
-    if (branchesForRepos.get(root) != null) {
-      branchSelector.setModel(new DefaultComboBoxModel(branchesForRepos.get(root).toArray()));
-    }
+    assert branchesForRepos.get(root) != null;
+    branchSelector.setModel(new DefaultComboBoxModel(branchesForRepos.get(root).toArray()));
   }
 
   private void loadTags(VirtualFile root) {
diff --git a/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/ui/HgUpdateToDialog.java b/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/ui/HgUpdateToDialog.java
index 4f12354a09f9..ecc5a406b3fd 100644
--- a/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/ui/HgUpdateToDialog.java
+++ b/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/ui/HgUpdateToDialog.java
@@ -119,9 +119,8 @@ public class HgUpdateToDialog extends DialogWrapper {
   }
 
   private void loadBranches(VirtualFile root) {
-    if (branchesForRepos.get(root) != null) {
-      branchSelector.setModel(new DefaultComboBoxModel(branchesForRepos.get(root).toArray()));
-    }
+    assert branchesForRepos.get(root) != null;
+    branchSelector.setModel(new DefaultComboBoxModel(branchesForRepos.get(root).toArray()));
   }
 
   private void loadTags(VirtualFile root) {