diff --git a/src/mbgl/layout/symbol_layout.cpp b/src/mbgl/layout/symbol_layout.cpp
index c1eb4958380..68aa8f5c7d0 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/layout/symbol_layout.cpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/layout/symbol_layout.cpp
@@ -696,10 +696,10 @@ void SymbolLayout::addFeature(const std::size_t layoutFeatureIndex,
     } else if (type == FeatureType::LineString) {
         for (const auto& line : feature.geometry) {
             // Skip invalid LineStrings.
-            if (line.size() > 0) {
-              Anchor anchor(line[0].x, line[0].y, 0, minScale);
-              addSymbolInstance(anchor, createSymbolInstanceSharedData(line));
-            }
+            if (line.empty()) continue;
+
+            Anchor anchor(line[0].x, line[0].y, 0, minScale);
+            addSymbolInstance(anchor, createSymbolInstanceSharedData(line));
         }
     } else if (type == FeatureType::Point) {
         for (const auto& points : feature.geometry) {