PVS-Studio warning V595 for TrinityCore

CreatureAI* GetAI(Creature* creature) const
{
  ...
  Item* item = player->StoreNewItem(
    dest, ITEM_TEAR_OF_GODDESS, true);
  if (item && player)
    player->SendNewItem(item, 1, true, false, true);
  ...
}

This suspicious code was found in TrinityCore project by PVS-Studio static code analyzer.
Warning message is:
V595 The 'player' pointer was utilized before it was verified against nullptr. Check lines: 224, 225. scripts hyjal.cpp 224

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