1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/stack/stack.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/stack/stack.c
index e50967a0f1..7eb00fd6e4 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/stack/stack.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/stack/stack.c
@@ -141,8 +141,7 @@ sk_new(int (*c)(const void *, const void *))
         return (ret);
 
 err:
-        if (ret)
-                free(ret);
+        free(ret);
         return (NULL);
 }