diff a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp
@@ -2807,11 +2807,11 @@
 
 
 void AdapterHandlerEntry::deallocate() {
   delete _fingerprint;
 #ifdef ASSERT
-  if (_saved_code) FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(unsigned char, _saved_code);
+  FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(unsigned char, _saved_code);
 #endif
 }
 
 
 #ifdef ASSERT