diff a/src/hotspot/share/jfr/utilities/jfrHashtable.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/jfr/utilities/jfrHashtable.hpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/jfr/utilities/jfrHashtable.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/jfr/utilities/jfrHashtable.hpp
@@ -90,14 +90,12 @@
   void unlink_entry(TableEntry* entry) {
     entry->set_next(NULL);
     --_number_of_entries;
   }
   void free_buckets() {
-    if (NULL != _buckets) {
-      FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(Bucket, _buckets);
-      _buckets = NULL;
-    }
+    FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(Bucket, _buckets);
+    _buckets = NULL;
   }
   TableEntry* bucket(size_t i) { return _buckets[i].get_entry();}
   TableEntry** bucket_addr(size_t i) { return _buckets[i].entry_addr(); }
   uintptr_t table_size() const { return _table_size; }
   size_t number_of_entries() const { return _number_of_entries; }