diff --git a/src/tt.cpp b/src/tt.cpp
index 79274f52..f95170e9 100644
--- a/src/tt.cpp
+++ b/src/tt.cpp
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ TTEntry* TranspositionTable::probe(const Key key, bool& found) const {
     const uint16_t key16 = uint16_t(key);  // Use the low 16 bits as key inside the cluster
 
     for (int i = 0; i < ClusterSize; ++i)
-        if (tte[i].key16 == key16 || !tte[i].depth8)
+        if (tte[i].key16 == key16)
             return found = bool(tte[i].depth8), &tte[i];
 
     // Find an entry to be replaced according to the replacement strategy