diff --git a/fsl/wrappers/wrapperutils.py b/fsl/wrappers/wrapperutils.py
index a4ed4d4a7c755b8fbe79c5f2b90592ea6c36e7bc..cd59a55b82b9055d8489bcf1b0f253f27e5d5ef3 100644
--- a/fsl/wrappers/wrapperutils.py
+++ b/fsl/wrappers/wrapperutils.py
@@ -577,11 +577,7 @@ class _FileOrThing(object):
 
             # Load the LOADed outputs
             for oname, ofile in outfiles.items():
-
-                if not op.exists(ofile): oval = None
-                else:                    oval = self.__load(ofile)
-
-                result[oname] = oval
+                if op.exists(ofile): result[oname] = self.__load(ofile)
 
             return result