diff --git a/docshell/base/nsWebShell.cpp b/docshell/base/nsWebShell.cpp
index 6de9527158a..671608fb48e 100644
--- a/docshell/base/nsWebShell.cpp
+++ b/docshell/base/nsWebShell.cpp
@@ -709,20 +709,19 @@ nsWebShell::GetLinkState(const nsACString& aLinkURI, nsLinkState& aState)
   nsresult rv;
     
   // get the cached IO service
-  if (!mIOService) {
-    mIOService = do_GetService(NS_IOSERVICE_CONTRACTID, &rv);
-        
-    if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv)) {
+  if (!mIOService)
+    mIOService = do_GetService(NS_IOSERVICE_CONTRACTID);
 
-      // clean up the url using the right parser
-      nsCOMPtr<nsIURI> uri;
-      rv = NS_NewURI(getter_AddRefs(uri), aLinkURI, nsnull, nsnull,
-                     mIOService);
+  if (mIOService) {
 
-      // now get the fully canonicalized path
-      if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv))
-        rv = uri->GetSpec(resolvedPath);
-    }
+    // clean up the url using the right parser
+    nsCOMPtr<nsIURI> uri;
+    rv = NS_NewURI(getter_AddRefs(uri), aLinkURI, nsnull, nsnull,
+                   mIOService);
+
+    // now get the fully canonicalized path
+    if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv))
+      rv = uri->GetSpec(resolvedPath);
   }
   
   PRBool isVisited;