https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/9ad6f14175c19b5d47267c3dd5840c14bad43c83/src/validation.cpp#L3711

If i'm following right the flow of the code, when we hit this lane `pindex` should be always equal to nullptr thus this check may be omitted
{
public:
    explicit MemPoolAccept(CTxMemPool& mempool) : m_pool(mempool), m_view(&m_dummy), m_viewmempool(&::ChainstateActive().CoinsTip(), m_pool),