diff --git a/src/babel/transformation/templates/helper-interop-require-wildcard.js b/src/babel/transformation/templates/helper-interop-require-wildcard.js
index 61411d8723..1d625f5d1e 100644
--- a/src/babel/transformation/templates/helper-interop-require-wildcard.js
+++ b/src/babel/transformation/templates/helper-interop-require-wildcard.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     return obj;
   } else {
     var newObj = {};
-    if (typeof obj === "object" && obj !== null) {
+    if (obj !== null) {
       for (var key in obj) {
         if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(obj, key)) newObj[key] = obj[key];
       }