diff --git a/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_tiff.cpp b/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_tiff.cpp
index c4713f25a4..8f33757be8 100644
--- a/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_tiff.cpp
+++ b/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_tiff.cpp
@@ -574,17 +574,16 @@ bool  TiffEncoder::writeLibTiff( const Mat& img, const std::vector<int>& params)
       || !TIFFSetField(pTiffHandle, TIFFTAG_SAMPLESPERPIXEL, channels)
       || !TIFFSetField(pTiffHandle, TIFFTAG_PLANARCONFIG, PLANARCONFIG_CONTIG)
       || !TIFFSetField(pTiffHandle, TIFFTAG_ROWSPERSTRIP, rowsPerStrip)
-//      || !TIFFSetField(pTiffHandle, TIFFTAG_PREDICTOR, predictor)
        )
     {
         TIFFClose(pTiffHandle);
         return false;
     }
 
-    if (compression != COMPRESSION_NONE && !TIFFSetField(pTiffHandle, TIFFTAG_PREDICTOR, predictor) ) 
-    { 
-        TIFFClose(pTiffHandle); 
-        return false; 
+    if (compression != COMPRESSION_NONE && !TIFFSetField(pTiffHandle, TIFFTAG_PREDICTOR, predictor) )
+    {
+        TIFFClose(pTiffHandle);
+        return false;
     }
 
     // row buffer, because TIFFWriteScanline modifies the original data!