diff --git a/src/render/painter.js b/src/render/painter.js
index a52176cfd5e..44ba21804d3 100644
--- a/src/render/painter.js
+++ b/src/render/painter.js
@@ -554,8 +554,7 @@ class Painter {
             this.opaquePassCutoff = 0;
         }
 
-        const isGlobe = this.transform.projection.name === 'globe';
-        if (isGlobe && !this.globeSharedBuffers) {
+        if (this.transform.projection.name === 'globe' && !this.globeSharedBuffers) {
             this.globeSharedBuffers = new GlobeSharedBuffers(this.context);
         }