diff a/src/hotspot/os/solaris/os_solaris.cpp b/src/hotspot/os/solaris/os_solaris.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/os/solaris/os_solaris.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/solaris/os_solaris.cpp
@@ -452,13 +452,11 @@
     board += 1;
     if (board * processors_per_board + 0 >= limit_id) {
       board = 0;
     }
   }
-  if (available_id != NULL) {
-    FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(bool, available_id);
-  }
+  FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(bool, available_id);
   return true;
 }
 
 void os::set_native_thread_name(const char *name) {
   if (Solaris::_pthread_setname_np != NULL) {
@@ -491,13 +489,11 @@
       result = assign_distribution(id_array, id_length, distribution, length);
     } else {
       result = false;
     }
   }
-  if (id_array != NULL) {
-    FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(processorid_t, id_array);
-  }
+  FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(processorid_t, id_array);
   return result;
 }
 
 bool os::bind_to_processor(uint processor_id) {
   // We assume that a processorid_t can be stored in a uint.