diff --git a/libs/partners/openai/langchain_openai/embeddings/base.py b/libs/partners/openai/langchain_openai/embeddings/base.py
index 1cc19150cb9..02f72542c01 100644
--- a/libs/partners/openai/langchain_openai/embeddings/base.py
+++ b/libs/partners/openai/langchain_openai/embeddings/base.py
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ class OpenAIEmbeddings(BaseModel, Embeddings):
                 self.http_client = httpx.Client(proxy=self.openai_proxy)
             sync_specific = {"http_client": self.http_client}
             self.client = openai.OpenAI(**client_params, **sync_specific).embeddings  # type: ignore[arg-type]
-        if not (self.async_client or None):
+        if not self.async_client:
             if self.openai_proxy and not self.http_async_client:
                 try:
                     import httpx