diff --git a/legacy/eina/src/lib/eina_value.c b/legacy/eina/src/lib/eina_value.c
index 8217775871..e3c5a9cd33 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/src/lib/eina_value.c
+++ b/legacy/eina/src/lib/eina_value.c
@@ -4959,8 +4959,7 @@ eina_value_init(void)
    if (tmp && tmp[0])
      choice = tmp;
 
-   if (choice)
-     _eina_value_mp_choice = strdup(choice);
+   _eina_value_mp_choice = strdup(choice);
 
    _eina_value_mp = eina_mempool_add
       (_eina_value_mp_choice, "value", NULL, sizeof(Eina_Value), 320);