diff --git a/sat_frontends/jp/cmd_blog.py b/sat_frontends/jp/cmd_blog.py
index 0c6acd9c..9656d233 100644
--- a/sat_frontends/jp/cmd_blog.py
+++ b/sat_frontends/jp/cmd_blog.py
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ class Edit(base.CommandBase, BlogPublishCommon, common.BaseEdit):
         return SYNTAX_EXT.get(self.current_syntax, SYNTAX_EXT[""])
 
     def getItemData(self, service, node, item):
-        items = [item] if item is not None else []
+        items = [item] if item else []
         mb_data = self.host.bridge.mbGet(service, node, 1, items, {}, self.profile)[0][0]
         mb_data = data_format.deserialise(mb_data)
         try: