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
while (range.first != range.second) {
                        std::multimap<uint256, FlatFilePos>::iterator it = range.first;
                        std::shared_ptr<CBlock> pblockrecursive = std::make_shared<CBlock>();
                        if (ReadBlockFromDisk(*pblockrecursive, it->second, chainparams.GetConsensus()))
                        {
                            LogPrint(BCLog::REINDEX, "%s: Processing out of order child %s of %s\n", __func__, pblockrecursive->GetHash().ToString(),
                                    head.ToString());
                            LOCK(cs_main);
                            BlockValidationState dummy;
                            if (::ChainstateActive().AcceptBlock(pblockrecursive, dummy, chainparams, nullptr, true, &it->second, nullptr))
                            {
                                nLoaded++;
                                queue.push_back(pblockrecursive->GetHash());
                            }
                        }
                        range.first++;
                        mapBlocksUnknownParent.erase(it);
                        NotifyHeaderTip();
                    }
                }
            } catch (const std::exception& e) {
                LogPrintf("%s: Deserialize or I/O error - %s\n", __func__, e.what());
            }
        }
    } catch (const std::runtime_error& e) {
        AbortNode(std::string("System error: ") + e.what());
    }
    LogPrintf("Loaded %i blocks from external file in %dms\n", nLoaded, GetTimeMillis() - nStart);
}
void CChainState::CheckBlockIndex(const Consensus::Params& consensusParams)