--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp	Wed Sep 11 14:16:27 2019 +0200
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp	Wed Sep 11 14:16:30 2019 +0200
@@ -941,10 +941,8 @@
   (void) JVMFlag::ccstrAtPut(flag, &value, origin);
   // JVMFlag always returns a pointer that needs freeing.
   FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, value);
-  if (free_this_too != NULL) {
-    // JVMFlag made its own copy, so I must delete my own temp. buffer.
-    FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, free_this_too);
-  }
+  // JVMFlag made its own copy, so I must delete my own temp. buffer.
+  FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, free_this_too);
   return true;
 }