diff --git a/aiocoap/cli/rd.py b/aiocoap/cli/rd.py
index 5e01bf30..7b3296ff 100644
--- a/aiocoap/cli/rd.py
+++ b/aiocoap/cli/rd.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 # This file is part of the Python aiocoap library project.
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2012-2014 Maciej Wasilak <http://sixpinetrees.blogspot.com/>,
@@ -710,9 +709,6 @@ async def render_get(self, request):
         if not self._get_permissions(request) & CommonRD.SecurityPolicy.Permissions.READ:
             raise error.Unauthorized("Operation not allowed due to security policy")
 
-        if not permissions & CommonRD.SecurityPolicy.Permissions.READ:
-            raise error.Unauthorized("Operation not allowed due to security policy")
-
         return link_format_from_message(request, self.reg.links)
 
     def _update_params(self, msg):