diff a/src/hotspot/os/windows/os_windows.cpp b/src/hotspot/os/windows/os_windows.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/os/windows/os_windows.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/windows/os_windows.cpp
@@ -2725,13 +2725,11 @@
  private:
   int *_numa_used_node_list;  // allocated below
   int _numa_used_node_count;
 
   void free_node_list() {
-    if (_numa_used_node_list != NULL) {
-      FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(int, _numa_used_node_list);
-    }
+    FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(int, _numa_used_node_list);
   }
 
  public:
   NUMANodeListHolder() {
     _numa_used_node_count = 0;