diff --git a/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/views/row/Rss.php b/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/views/row/Rss.php
index 37261c1..60b82bf 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/views/row/Rss.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/views/row/Rss.php
@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@ public function render($row) {
       return;
     }
 
-    $description_build = [];
-
     $node->link = $node->url('canonical', array('absolute' => TRUE));
     $node->rss_namespaces = array();
     $node->rss_elements = array(
@@ -152,10 +150,8 @@ public function render($row) {
       $this->view->style_plugin->namespaces += $xml_rdf_namespaces;
     }
 
-    if ($display_mode != 'title') {
-      // We render node contents.
-      $description_build = $build;
-    }
+    // We render node contents.
+    $description_build = ($display_mode != 'title') ? $build : [];
 
     $item = new \stdClass();
     $item->description = $description_build;