diff --git a/sickbeard/clients/generic.py b/sickbeard/clients/generic.py
index aae58623..a3465719 100644
--- a/sickbeard/clients/generic.py
+++ b/sickbeard/clients/generic.py
@@ -142,16 +142,14 @@ class GenericClient(object):
 
     def _get_torrent_hash(self, result):
 
-        result.hash = None
         if result.url.startswith('magnet'):
             result.hash = re.findall('urn:btih:([\w]{32,40})', result.url)[0]
             if len(result.hash) == 32:
                 result.hash = b16encode(b32decode(result.hash)).lower()
         else:
             result.content = result.provider.getURL(result.url)
-            if result.content:
-                info = bdecode(result.content)["info"]
-                result.hash = sha1(bencode(info)).hexdigest()
+            info = bdecode(result.content)["info"]
+            result.hash = sha1(bencode(info)).hexdigest()
 
         return result