diff --git a/modules/events_stream/events_view_http.go b/modules/events_stream/events_view_http.go
index ef7cf78e..9dfb0b90 100644
--- a/modules/events_stream/events_view_http.go
+++ b/modules/events_stream/events_view_http.go
@@ -131,14 +131,14 @@ func (mod *EventsStream) dumpRaw(body []byte) string {
 
 func (mod *EventsStream) viewHttpRequest(e session.Event) {
 	se := e.Data.(net_sniff.SnifferEvent)
+	req := se.Data.(net_sniff.HTTPRequest)
 
 	fmt.Fprintf(mod.output, "[%s] [%s] %s\n",
 		e.Time.Format(mod.timeFormat),
 		tui.Green(e.Tag),
 		se.Message)
 
-	if se.Data != nil && mod.shouldDumpHttpRequest(se.Data.(net_sniff.HTTPRequest)) {
-		req := se.Data.(net_sniff.HTTPRequest)
+	if mod.shouldDumpHttpRequest(se.Data.(net_sniff.HTTPRequest)) {
 		dump := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s %s\n", tui.Bold(req.Method), req.URL, tui.Dim(req.Proto))
 		dump += fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s\n", tui.Blue("Host"), tui.Yellow(req.Host))
 		for name, values := range req.Headers {