diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/group_links_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/group_links_controller.rb
index cd0f081cd7dce0f5bf140394ad2084bd6fd08048..606552fa85322b5486c8aa930fdf34c459125c3c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/group_links_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/group_links_controller.rb
@@ -8,14 +8,11 @@ class Projects::GroupLinksController < Projects::ApplicationController
 
   def create
     group = Group.find(params[:link_group_id])
+    return render_404 unless can?(current_user, :read_group, group)
 
-    if can?(current_user, :read_group, group)
-      project.project_group_links.create(
-        group: group, group_access: params[:link_group_access]
-      )
-    else
-      return render_404
-    end
+    project.project_group_links.create(
+      group: group, group_access: params[:link_group_access]
+    )
 
     redirect_to namespace_project_group_links_path(project.namespace, project)
   end