diff --git a/lisp/org-agenda.el b/lisp/org-agenda.el
index 9056206d5..4345f061f 100644
--- a/lisp/org-agenda.el
+++ b/lisp/org-agenda.el
@@ -4502,15 +4502,15 @@ be skipped."
 		     (setq clocked (match-string 2 rest)))
 	    (setq clocked "-")))
 	(save-excursion
+	  (setq extra nil)
 	  (cond
-	   ((not org-agenda-log-mode-add-notes) (setq extra nil))
+	   ((not org-agenda-log-mode-add-notes))
 	   (statep
 	    (and (looking-at ".*\n[ \t]*\\([^-\n \t].*?\\)[ \t]*$")
 		 (setq extra (match-string 1))))
 	   (clockp
 	    (and (looking-at ".*\n[ \t]*-[ \t]+\\([^-\n \t].*?\\)[ \t]*$")
-		 (setq extra (match-string 1))))
-	   (t (setq extra nil)))
+		 (setq extra (match-string 1)))))
 	  (if (not (re-search-backward "^\\*+ " nil t))
 	      (setq txt org-agenda-no-heading-message)
 	    (goto-char (match-beginning 0))