diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e6103507..a31f9762 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 	newusers cleanups
 	* src/newusers.c: main() split in new functions: process_flags(),
 	check_flags(), check_perms(), open_files(), and close_files().
+	* src/newusers.c: Before pam_end(), the return value of the previous
+	pam API was already checked. No need to validate it again.
 
 2007-12-29  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
 
diff --git a/src/newusers.c b/src/newusers.c
index 2a30aa89..3e562bb3 100644
--- a/src/newusers.c
+++ b/src/newusers.c
@@ -695,8 +695,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 	nscd_flush_cache ("group");
 
 #ifdef USE_PAM
-	if (retval == PAM_SUCCESS)
-		pam_end (pamh, PAM_SUCCESS);
+	pam_end (pamh, PAM_SUCCESS);
 #endif				/* USE_PAM */
 
 	exit (0);