diff --git a/src/ol/attribution.js b/src/ol/attribution.js
index 11a4188f4c..f299599446 100644
--- a/src/ol/attribution.js
+++ b/src/ol/attribution.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ ol.Attribution.prototype.getHTML = function() {
  */
 ol.Attribution.prototype.intersectsAnyTileRange =
     function(tileRanges, tileGrid, projection) {
-  if (goog.isNull(this.tileRanges_)) {
+  if (!this.tileRanges_) {
     return true;
   }
   var i, ii, tileRange, zKey;