diff a/src/hotspot/os/solaris/os_perf_solaris.cpp b/src/hotspot/os/solaris/os_perf_solaris.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/os/solaris/os_perf_solaris.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/solaris/os_perf_solaris.cpp
@@ -324,13 +324,11 @@
   }
   return true;
 }
 
 CPUPerformanceInterface::CPUPerformance::~CPUPerformance() {
-  if (_counters.jvmTicks != NULL) {
-    FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, _counters.jvmTicks);
-  }
+  FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, _counters.jvmTicks);
   if (_counters.kstat_ctrl != NULL) {
     kstat_close(_counters.kstat_ctrl);
   }
 }