diff --git a/repository/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/discovery/EntityLineageService.java b/repository/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/discovery/EntityLineageService.java
index 420e4807cd..084a8908e1 100644
--- a/repository/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/discovery/EntityLineageService.java
+++ b/repository/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/discovery/EntityLineageService.java
@@ -495,10 +495,7 @@ private void enqueueNeighbours(AtlasVertex currentVertex, boolean isDataset, Atl
                 neighbourVertex = currentEdge.getInVertex();
 
             String vertexGuid = getGuid(neighbourVertex);
-            if (StringUtils.isEmpty(vertexGuid))
-                continue;
-
-            if (!lineageListContext.evaluateTraversalFilter(neighbourVertex))
+            if (StringUtils.isEmpty(vertexGuid) || !lineageListContext.evaluateTraversalFilter(neighbourVertex))
                 continue;
 
             if (!skippedVertices.contains(vertexGuid) && !visitedVertices.contains(vertexGuid)) {