diff --git a/ssl/s3_srvr.c b/ssl/s3_srvr.c
index d7327649d5f07ce23761c046e00d42398463e9ca..eaaadde3ad82e4781a1256989db9130186c40481 100644
--- a/ssl/s3_srvr.c
+++ b/ssl/s3_srvr.c
@@ -2386,8 +2386,7 @@ int ssl3_get_client_key_exchange(SSL *s)
 
 		EVP_PKEY_free(clnt_pub_pkey);
 		EC_POINT_free(clnt_ecpoint);
-		if (srvr_ecdh != NULL) 
-			EC_KEY_free(srvr_ecdh);
+		EC_KEY_free(srvr_ecdh);
 		BN_CTX_free(bn_ctx);
 
 		/* Compute the master secret */