diff --git a/chain/src/chain.rs b/chain/src/chain.rs
index a25df38f7..e6e89d74e 100644
--- a/chain/src/chain.rs
+++ b/chain/src/chain.rs
@@ -236,8 +236,7 @@ impl Chain {
 		// In reality we will do this based on PIBD segment requests.
 		// Initialization (once per 12 hour period) will not be this slow once lmdb and PMMRs
 		// are warmed up.
-		{
-			let segmenter = chain.segmenter()?;
+		if let Ok(segmenter) = chain.segmenter() {
 			let _ = segmenter.kernel_segment(SegmentIdentifier { height: 9, idx: 0 });
 			let _ = segmenter.bitmap_segment(SegmentIdentifier { height: 9, idx: 0 });
 			let _ = segmenter.output_segment(SegmentIdentifier { height: 11, idx: 0 });