diff --git a/mozilla/mailnews/base/src/nsMsgTagService.cpp b/mozilla/mailnews/base/src/nsMsgTagService.cpp
index 88e6f3cbb5b..37cc54ffe32 100755
--- a/mozilla/mailnews/base/src/nsMsgTagService.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/mailnews/base/src/nsMsgTagService.cpp
@@ -403,9 +403,8 @@ NS_IMETHODIMP nsMsgTagService::GetAllTags(PRUint32 *aCount, nsIMsgTag ***aTagArr
           if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv))
           {
             // .color MAY exist
-            rv = GetColorForKey(key, color);
-            if (NS_FAILED(rv))
-              color.Truncate();
+            color.Truncate();
+            GetColorForKey(key, color);
             // .ordinal MAY exist
             rv = GetOrdinalForKey(key, ordinal);
             if (NS_FAILED(rv))