1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/ocsp/ocsp_cl.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/ocsp/ocsp_cl.c
index 17bab5fc59..9b3e6dd8ca 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/ocsp/ocsp_cl.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/ocsp/ocsp_cl.c
@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ int OCSP_request_set1_name(OCSP_REQUEST *req, X509_NAME *nm)
         {
         GENERAL_NAME *gen;
         gen = GENERAL_NAME_new();
-        if (gen == NULL)
-                return 0;
         if (!X509_NAME_set(&gen->d.directoryName, nm))
                 {
                 GENERAL_NAME_free(gen);