diff a/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciCodeInstaller.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciCodeInstaller.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciCodeInstaller.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciCodeInstaller.cpp
@@ -508,13 +508,11 @@
   }
 }
 
 #if INCLUDE_AOT
 RelocBuffer::~RelocBuffer() {
-  if (_buffer != NULL) {
-    FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, _buffer);
-  }
+  FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, _buffer);
 }
 
 address RelocBuffer::begin() const {
   if (_buffer != NULL) {
     return (address) _buffer;