diff --git a/src/app-layer-htp-body.c b/src/app-layer-htp-body.c
index e1cda5659c..dfda083b6b 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-htp-body.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-htp-body.c
@@ -166,9 +166,6 @@ void HtpBodyFree(HtpBody *body)
 {
     SCEnter();
 
-    if (body->first == NULL)
-        return;
-
     SCLogDebug("removing chunks of body %p", body);
 
     HtpBodyChunk *cur = NULL;