diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.core/compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/ast/LocalDeclaration.java b/org.eclipse.jdt.core/compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/ast/LocalDeclaration.java
index b11e476..2d0066b 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.core/compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/ast/LocalDeclaration.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.core/compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/ast/LocalDeclaration.java
@@ -135,9 +135,8 @@
 			this.initialization.generateCode(currentScope, codeStream, true);
 			// 26903, need extra cast to store null in array local var
 			if (this.binding.type.isArrayType()
-				&& (this.initialization.resolvedType == TypeBinding.NULL	// arrayLoc = null
-					|| ((this.initialization instanceof CastExpression)	// arrayLoc = (type[])null
-						&& (((CastExpression)this.initialization).innermostCastedExpression().resolvedType == TypeBinding.NULL)))){
+				&& ((this.initialization instanceof CastExpression)	// arrayLoc = (type[])null
+						&& (((CastExpression)this.initialization).innermostCastedExpression().resolvedType == TypeBinding.NULL))){
 				codeStream.checkcast(this.binding.type);
 			}
 			codeStream.store(this.binding, false);
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.core/compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/ast/SingleNameReference.java b/org.eclipse.jdt.core/compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/ast/SingleNameReference.java
index a2cdd89..d625d5b 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.core/compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/ast/SingleNameReference.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.core/compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/ast/SingleNameReference.java
@@ -352,9 +352,8 @@
 			}
 			// 26903, need extra cast to store null in array local var
 			if (localBinding.type.isArrayType()
-				&& (assignment.expression.resolvedType == TypeBinding.NULL	// arrayLoc = null
-					|| ((assignment.expression instanceof CastExpression)	// arrayLoc = (type[])null
-						&& (((CastExpression)assignment.expression).innermostCastedExpression().resolvedType == TypeBinding.NULL)))){
+				&& ((assignment.expression instanceof CastExpression)	// arrayLoc = (type[])null
+						&& (((CastExpression)assignment.expression).innermostCastedExpression().resolvedType == TypeBinding.NULL))){
 				codeStream.checkcast(localBinding.type);
 			}