diff --git a/lib/modules/pipeline/index.js b/lib/modules/pipeline/index.js
index 2ff2592cc..c50f64772 100644
--- a/lib/modules/pipeline/index.js
+++ b/lib/modules/pipeline/index.js
@@ -86,20 +86,18 @@ class Pipeline {
       function shouldRunWebpack(next){
         // assuming we got here because an asset was changed, let's check our webpack config
         // to see if the changed asset requires webpack to run
-        if(modifiedAssets || modifiedAssets.length) {
-          const configReader = new WebpackConfigReader({webpackConfigName: self.webpackConfigName});
-          return configReader.readConfig((err, config) => {
-            if(err) return next(err);
+        if(!(modifiedAssets && modifiedAssets.length)) return next(null, false);
+        const configReader = new WebpackConfigReader({webpackConfigName: self.webpackConfigName});
+        return configReader.readConfig((err, config) => {
+          if(err) return next(err);
 
-            if (typeof config !== 'object' || config === null) {
-              return next(__('bad webpack config, the resolved config was null or not an object'));
-            }
+          if (typeof config !== 'object' || config === null) {
+            return next(__('bad webpack config, the resolved config was null or not an object'));
+          }
 
-            const shouldRun = modifiedAssets.some(modifiedAsset => config.module.rules.some(rule => rule.test.test(modifiedAsset)));
-            return next(null, !shouldRun);
-          });
-        }
-        next(null, false);
+          const shouldRun = modifiedAssets.some(modifiedAsset => config.module.rules.some(rule => rule.test.test(modifiedAsset)));
+          return next(null, !shouldRun);
+        });
       },
       function runWebpack(shouldNotRun, next) {
         if(shouldNotRun) return next();