diff --git a/resources/recipes/wsj.recipe b/resources/recipes/wsj.recipe
index 3b6f56e3a3..da65471e60 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/wsj.recipe
+++ b/resources/recipes/wsj.recipe
@@ -91,9 +91,7 @@ class WallStreetJournal(BasicNewsRecipe):
                     url = url.partition('#')[0]
                     desc = ''
                     d = x.findNextSibling(True)
-                    if d is None:
-                        continue
-                    if d.get('class', None) == 'arialResize':
+                    if d is not None and d.get('class', None) == 'arialResize':
                         desc = self.tag_to_string(d)
                         desc = desc.partition(u'\u2022')[0]
                     self.log('\t\tFound article:', title)