no need for null check before free. from Brendan MacDonell

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/x_name.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/x_name.c
index 70459babc4..366ff17976 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/x_name.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/x_name.c
@@ -164,8 +164,7 @@ x509_name_ex_free(ASN1_VALUE **pval, const ASN1_ITEM *it)
 
         BUF_MEM_free(a->bytes);
         sk_X509_NAME_ENTRY_pop_free(a->entries, X509_NAME_ENTRY_free);
-        if (a->canon_enc)
-                free(a->canon_enc);
+        free(a->canon_enc);
         free(a);
         *pval = NULL;
 }