diff --git a/crypto/asn1/tasn_fre.c b/crypto/asn1/tasn_fre.c
index e219e2c0a31d3bfe85be16bf296b75c4a437ed3f..bd955d98489859aec1ce93bf226ce8321282c5d5 100644
--- a/crypto/asn1/tasn_fre.c
+++ b/crypto/asn1/tasn_fre.c
@@ -249,6 +249,5 @@ void asn1_primitive_free(ASN1_VALUE **pval, const ASN1_ITEM *it)
         ASN1_STRING_free((ASN1_STRING *)*pval);
         break;
     }
-    if (*pval)
-        *pval = NULL;
+    *pval = NULL;
 }