diff a/src/hotspot/os/bsd/perfMemory_bsd.cpp b/src/hotspot/os/bsd/perfMemory_bsd.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/os/bsd/perfMemory_bsd.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/bsd/perfMemory_bsd.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2001, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
@@ -589,11 +589,11 @@
         if (statbuf.st_size > 0 && statbuf.st_ctime > oldest_ctime) {
 
           if (statbuf.st_ctime > oldest_ctime) {
             char* user = strchr(dentry->d_name, '_') + 1;
 
-            if (oldest_user != NULL) FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, oldest_user);
+            FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, oldest_user);
             oldest_user = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, strlen(user)+1, mtInternal);
 
             strcpy(oldest_user, user);
             oldest_ctime = statbuf.st_ctime;
           }