--- a/src/hotspot/share/jfr/utilities/jfrHashtable.hpp	Thu Sep 12 11:35:02 2019 +0200
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/jfr/utilities/jfrHashtable.hpp	Sat Sep 14 13:03:44 2019 +0200
@@ -92,10 +92,8 @@
     --_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(); }