diff --git a/beets/library.py b/beets/library.py
index 239d96e81..d38d3ebb5 100644
--- a/beets/library.py
+++ b/beets/library.py
@@ -1651,14 +1651,15 @@ class DefaultTemplateFunctions(object):
 def apply_item_changes(lib, item, move, pretend, write):
     """Store, move and write the item according to the arguments.
     """
-    if not pretend:
-        # Move the item if it's in the library.
-        if move and lib.directory in util.ancestry(item.path):
-            item.move(with_album=False)
+    if pretend:
+        return
+    # Move the item if it's in the library.
+    if move and lib.directory in util.ancestry(item.path):
+        item.move(with_album=False)
 
-        if write:
-            item.try_write()
-        item.store()
+    if write:
+        item.try_write()
+    item.store()
 
 # Get the name of tmpl_* functions in the above class.
 DefaultTemplateFunctions._func_names = \
diff --git a/beetsplug/bpsync.py b/beetsplug/bpsync.py
index a69c9c3d7..479698faf 100644
--- a/beetsplug/bpsync.py
+++ b/beetsplug/bpsync.py
@@ -176,8 +176,7 @@ class BPSyncPlugin(BeetsPlugin):
                             lib, item, move, pretend, write
                         )
 
-                if not changed or pretend:
-                    # No change to any item.
+                if pretend or not changed:
                     continue
 
                 # Update album structure to reflect an item in it.