diff -r 49836127542b -r 03fce7b04b42 src/hotspot/os/bsd/os_perf_bsd.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/os/bsd/os_perf_bsd.cpp	Mon Sep 23 17:02:08 2019 +0200
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/bsd/os_perf_bsd.cpp	Tue Sep 24 03:28:42 2019 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2012, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
 
 bool CPUPerformanceInterface::initialize() {
   _impl = new CPUPerformanceInterface::CPUPerformance();
-  return _impl != NULL && _impl->initialize();
+  return _impl->initialize();
 }
 
 CPUPerformanceInterface::~CPUPerformanceInterface() {
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@
 
 bool SystemProcessInterface::initialize() {
   _impl = new SystemProcessInterface::SystemProcesses();
-  return _impl != NULL && _impl->initialize();
+  return _impl->initialize();
 }
 
 SystemProcessInterface::~SystemProcessInterface() {
@@ -370,16 +370,11 @@
 
 bool CPUInformationInterface::initialize() {
   _cpu_info = new CPUInformation();
-
-  if (NULL == _cpu_info) {
-    return false;
-  }
   _cpu_info->set_number_of_hardware_threads(VM_Version_Ext::number_of_threads());
   _cpu_info->set_number_of_cores(VM_Version_Ext::number_of_cores());
   _cpu_info->set_number_of_sockets(VM_Version_Ext::number_of_sockets());
   _cpu_info->set_cpu_name(VM_Version_Ext::cpu_name());
   _cpu_info->set_cpu_description(VM_Version_Ext::cpu_description());
-
   return true;
 }
 
@@ -483,7 +478,7 @@
 
 bool NetworkPerformanceInterface::initialize() {
   _impl = new NetworkPerformanceInterface::NetworkPerformance();
-  return _impl != NULL && _impl->initialize();
+  return _impl->initialize();
 }
 
 int NetworkPerformanceInterface::network_utilization(NetworkInterface** network_interfaces) const {