diff a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/classLoader.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/classLoader.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/classLoader.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/classLoader.cpp
@@ -381,14 +381,14 @@
 
 ClassPathImageEntry::~ClassPathImageEntry() {
   assert(_singleton == this, "must be");
   DEBUG_ONLY(_singleton = NULL);
 
-  if (_name != NULL) {
-    FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(const char, _name);
-    _name = NULL;
-  }
+
+  FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(const char, _name);
+  _name = NULL;
+
   if (_jimage != NULL) {
     (*JImageClose)(_jimage);
     _jimage = NULL;
   }
 }