diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/01_FHEMWEB.pm b/fhem/FHEM/01_FHEMWEB.pm
index 173062fc7..43df08fe7 100755
--- a/fhem/FHEM/01_FHEMWEB.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/01_FHEMWEB.pm
@@ -2420,7 +2420,7 @@ FW_devState($$@)
   my $txt = $state;
   my $dsi = ($attr{$d} && ($attr{$d}{stateFormat} || $attr{$d}{devStateIcon}));
 
-  if(defined(AttrVal($d, "showtime", undef))) {
+  if(AttrVal($d, "showtime", undef)) {
     my $v = $defs{$d}{READINGS}{state}{TIME};
     $txt = $v if(defined($v));