diff --git a/mozilla/view/src/nsView.cpp b/mozilla/view/src/nsView.cpp
index 8de933f8d6e..b3efa98d794 100644
--- a/mozilla/view/src/nsView.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/view/src/nsView.cpp
@@ -660,10 +660,6 @@ nsresult nsIView::CreateWidget(const nsIID &aWindowIID,
           : nsnull;
         trect += offset;
         if (aWidgetInitData->mWindowType == eWindowType_popup) {
-          // Without a parent, we can't make a popup.  This can happen
-          // when printing
-          if (!parentWidget)
-            return NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
           mWindow->Create(parentWidget->GetNativeData(NS_NATIVE_WIDGET), trect,
                           ::HandleEvent, dx, nsnull, nsnull, aWidgetInitData);
         } else {