Using first() from cloned queryset

mongoengine/queryset/base.py

@@ -159,11 +159,7 @@ class BaseQuerySet(object):
 
         queryset = self.clone()
         queryset._ordering = []
-        try:
+        return False if queryset.first() is None else True
-            queryset[0]
-            return True
-        except IndexError:
-            return False
 
     def __nonzero__(self):
         """ Same behaviour in Py2 """