diff --git a/indra/llimage/llimageworker.cpp b/indra/llimage/llimageworker.cpp
index 148cf4fa55f9f809774a8c749af488b83c038a1b..e425823c593add57fddc1317c795c8502cd839cb 100755
--- a/indra/llimage/llimageworker.cpp
+++ b/indra/llimage/llimageworker.cpp
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ bool LLImageDecodeThread::ImageRequest::processRequest()
 											  mFormattedImage->getComponents());
 		}
 
-		if (mDecodedImageRaw->getData())
+		//if (mDecodedImageRaw->getData()))
 		{
 			done = mFormattedImage->decode(mDecodedImageRaw, decode_time_slice); // 1ms
 			mDecodedRaw = done;
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ bool LLImageDecodeThread::ImageRequest::processRequest()
 											  1);
 		}
 
-		if (mDecodedImageAux->getData())
+		//if (mDecodedImageAux->getData())
 		{
 			done = mFormattedImage->decodeChannels(mDecodedImageAux, decode_time_slice, 4, 4); // 1ms
 			mDecodedAux = done;
diff --git a/indra/llimage/tests/llimageworker_test.cpp b/indra/llimage/tests/llimageworker_test.cpp
index f6fb8f54b48c049ea9b7178089c0c0404ccc9fc8..e255d65b43bca62c3705325204787d80113defc7 100755
--- a/indra/llimage/tests/llimageworker_test.cpp
+++ b/indra/llimage/tests/llimageworker_test.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ void LLImageBase::sanityCheck() { }
 void LLImageBase::deleteData() { }
 U8* LLImageBase::allocateData(S32 size) { return NULL; }
 U8* LLImageBase::reallocateData(S32 size) { return NULL; }
-U8* LLImageBase::getData() { return NULL; }
 
 LLImageRaw::LLImageRaw(U16 width, U16 height, S8 components) { }
 LLImageRaw::~LLImageRaw() { }