diff --git a/view/src/nsScrollPortView.cpp b/view/src/nsScrollPortView.cpp
index aa70c7d8ceb..0fb774310ff 100644
--- a/view/src/nsScrollPortView.cpp
+++ b/view/src/nsScrollPortView.cpp
@@ -522,17 +522,9 @@ void nsScrollPortView::Scroll(nsView *aScrolledView, nsPoint aTwipsDelta, nsPoin
   {
     nsIWidget *scrollWidget = GetWidget();
     nsRegion updateRegion;
-    PRBool canBitBlit = PR_TRUE;
-    if (!scrollWidget) {
-      canBitBlit = PR_FALSE;
-    } else {
-      PRUint32 scrolledViewFlags = aScrolledView->GetViewFlags();
-
-      if ((!(mScrollProperties & NS_SCROLL_PROPERTY_ALWAYS_BLIT) && 
-           !mViewManager->CanScrollWithBitBlt(aScrolledView, aTwipsDelta, &updateRegion))) {
-        canBitBlit = PR_FALSE;
-      }
-    }
+    PRBool canBitBlit = scrollWidget &&
+                        ((mScrollProperties & NS_SCROLL_PROPERTY_ALWAYS_BLIT) ||
+                         mViewManager->CanScrollWithBitBlt(aScrolledView, aTwipsDelta, &updateRegion));
 
     if (canBitBlit) {
       // We're going to bit-blit.  Let the viewmanager know so it can