diff --git a/lib/prserv/db.py b/lib/prserv/db.py
index 3b0713def6..7aad6a1576 100644
--- a/lib/prserv/db.py
+++ b/lib/prserv/db.py
@@ -124,11 +124,7 @@ class PRTable(object):
             if self.read_only:
                 data = self._execute("SELECT ifnull(max(value)+1, 0) FROM %s where version=? AND pkgarch=?;" % (self.table),
                                    (version, pkgarch))
-                row = data.fetchone()
-                if row is not None:
-                    return row[0]
-                else:
-                    return 0
+                return data.fetchone()[0]
 
             try:
                 self._execute("INSERT OR REPLACE INTO %s VALUES (?, ?, ?, (select ifnull(max(value)+1, 0) from %s where version=? AND pkgarch=?));"