diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor.php
index 3d38cd1cbb..7eed74e08c 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor.php
@@ -409,9 +409,7 @@ abstract class WP_Image_Editor {
 			$fp = fopen( $filename, 'w' );
 
 			if ( ! $fp ) {
-				if ( $stream ) {
-					ob_end_clean();
-				}
+				ob_end_clean();
 				return false;
 			}