diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index e3edff6..b544fc3 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -14375,8 +14375,7 @@
 
 theend:
 #ifdef USE_ARGV
-    if (argv != NULL)
-	vim_free(argv);
+    vim_free(argv);
 #else
     vim_free(ga.ga_data);
 #endif