diff --git a/src/ol/tilecoord.js b/src/ol/tilecoord.js
index ca0db11bfc..52a216fa32 100644
--- a/src/ol/tilecoord.js
+++ b/src/ol/tilecoord.js
@@ -148,12 +148,12 @@ ol.tilecoord.withinExtentAndZ = function(tileCoord, tileGrid) {
   }
   var extent = tileGrid.getExtent();
   var tileRange;
-  if (goog.isNull(extent)) {
+  if (!extent) {
     tileRange = tileGrid.getFullTileRange(z);
   } else {
     tileRange = tileGrid.getTileRangeForExtentAndZ(extent, z);
   }
-  if (goog.isNull(tileRange)) {
+  if (!tileRange) {
     return true;
   } else {
     return tileRange.containsXY(x, y);