diff --git a/src/util-host-os-info.c b/src/util-host-os-info.c
index eed01c7134..eaea28432c 100644
--- a/src/util-host-os-info.c
+++ b/src/util-host-os-info.c
@@ -230,8 +230,7 @@ int SCHInfoAddHostOSInfo(char *host_os, char *host_os_ip_range, int is_ipv4)
         SCHInfoAddHostOSInfo(host_os, ip_str_rem, is_ipv4);
     }
 
-    if (ip_str != NULL)
-        SCFree(ip_str);
+    SCFree(ip_str);
     if (ipv4_addr != NULL)
         SCFree(ipv4_addr);
     if (ipv6_addr != NULL)