diff --git a/core/rawdb/accessors_metadata.go b/core/rawdb/accessors_metadata.go
index 6c1c516647..2ff29d1add 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/accessors_metadata.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/accessors_metadata.go
@@ -112,9 +112,7 @@ func PushUncleanShutdownMarker(db ethdb.KeyValueStore) ([]uint64, uint64, error)
 	var uncleanShutdowns crashList
 	// Read old data
 	if data, err := db.Get(uncleanShutdownKey); err != nil {
-		if err != ethdb.ErrNotFound {
-			log.Warn("Error reading unclean shutdown markers", "error", err)
-		}
+		log.Warn("Error reading unclean shutdown markers", "error", err)
 	} else if err := rlp.DecodeBytes(data, &uncleanShutdowns); err != nil {
 		return nil, 0, err
 	}