1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/c_src/permdb.c b/c_src/permdb.c
index a9df1dc..47c9641 100644
--- a/c_src/permdb.c
+++ b/c_src/permdb.c
@@ -430,10 +430,6 @@ permdb_alloc(const char *dbpath)
         }
 
         permdb_object *state = malloc(sizeof(permdb_object));
-        if (state == NULL) {
-                return NULL;
-        }
-
         state->datafile = bf_open(dbpath, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, "datafile");
         state->indexfile = bf_open(idxpath, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, "indexfile");