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
{
    scriptcheckqueue.StartWorkerThreads(threads_num);
}
void StopScriptCheckWorkerThreads()
{
    scriptcheckqueue.StopWorkerThreads();
}
VersionBitsCache versionbitscache GUARDED_BY(cs_main);
int32_t ComputeBlockVersion(const CBlockIndex* pindexPrev, const Consensus::Params& params)
{
    LOCK(cs_main);
    int32_t nVersion = VERSIONBITS_TOP_BITS;
    for (int i = 0; i < (int)Consensus::MAX_VERSION_BITS_DEPLOYMENTS; i++) {
        ThresholdState state = VersionBitsState(pindexPrev, params, static_cast<Consensus::DeploymentPos>(i), versionbitscache);
        if (state == ThresholdState::LOCKED_IN || state == ThresholdState::STARTED) {
            nVersion |= VersionBitsMask(params, static_cast<Consensus::DeploymentPos>(i));
        }
    }
    return nVersion;
}
/**
 * Threshold condition checker that triggers when unknown versionbits are seen on the network.
 */
class WarningBitsConditionChecker : public AbstractThresholdConditionChecker