diff --git a/ext/soap/php_schema.c b/ext/soap/php_schema.c
index 33793704ad1..02d2629c551 100644
--- a/ext/soap/php_schema.c
+++ b/ext/soap/php_schema.c
@@ -1614,8 +1614,6 @@ static int schema_element(sdlPtr sdl, xmlAttrPtr tns, xmlNodePtr element, sdlTyp
 	attr = get_attribute(attrs, "default");
 	if (attr) {
 		if (ref != NULL) {
-			soap_error0(E_ERROR, "Parsing Schema: element has both 'ref' and 'fixed' attributes");
-		} else if (ref != NULL) {
 			soap_error0(E_ERROR, "Parsing Schema: element has both 'default' and 'fixed' attributes");
 		}
 		cur_type->def = estrdup((char*)attr->children->content);