diff --git a/usr.sbin/rpcbind/check_bound.c b/usr.sbin/rpcbind/check_bound.c
index 23c38bc1329..b08979d61eb 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/rpcbind/check_bound.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/rpcbind/check_bound.c
@@ -219,8 +219,7 @@ mergeaddr(SVCXPRT *xprt, char *netid, char *uaddr, char *saddr)
 		fprintf(stderr, "mergeaddr: uaddr = %s, merged uaddr = %s\n",
 				uaddr, m_uaddr);
 #endif
-	if (allocated_uaddr != NULL)
-		free(allocated_uaddr);
+	free(allocated_uaddr);
 	return (m_uaddr);
 }