diff --git a/egs/wsj/s5/steps/nnet3/xconfig_to_configs.py b/egs/wsj/s5/steps/nnet3/xconfig_to_configs.py
index fa9cd317331..bbd4589620b 100755
--- a/egs/wsj/s5/steps/nnet3/xconfig_to_configs.py
+++ b/egs/wsj/s5/steps/nnet3/xconfig_to_configs.py
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ def main():
     existing_layers = []
     if args.existing_model is not None:
         existing_layers = xparser.get_model_component_info(args.existing_model)
-        all_layers = xparser.read_xconfig_file(args.xconfig_file, existing_layers)
+    all_layers = xparser.read_xconfig_file(args.xconfig_file, existing_layers)
     write_expanded_xconfig_files(args.config_dir, all_layers)
     write_config_files(args.config_dir, all_layers)
     check_model_contexts(args.config_dir, args.nnet_edits,