1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/buffer/buffer.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/buffer/buffer.c
index 71784693be..be765087e4 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/buffer/buffer.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/buffer/buffer.c
@@ -115,10 +115,7 @@ BUF_MEM_grow(BUF_MEM *str, size_t len)
                 return 0;
         }
         n = (len + 3) / 3 * 4;
-        if (str->data == NULL)
-                ret = malloc(n);
-        else
-                ret = realloc(str->data, n);
+        ret = realloc(str->data, n);
         if (ret == NULL) {
                 BUFerr(BUF_F_BUF_MEM_GROW, ERR_R_MALLOC_FAILURE);
                 len = 0;