diff --git a/mail/inc/class.mail_compose.inc.php b/mail/inc/class.mail_compose.inc.php
index 4a0160014d..0c80eb46b9 100644
--- a/mail/inc/class.mail_compose.inc.php
+++ b/mail/inc/class.mail_compose.inc.php
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ class mail_compose
 
 		// fetch the signature, prepare the select box, ...
 		if (empty($content['mailidentity'])) {
-			$content['mailidentity'] = $acc['ident_id']?$acc['ident_id']:$acc['acc_id'];
+			$content['mailidentity'] = $acc['ident_id'];
 		}
 
 		$disableRuler = false;