diff --git a/src/bin/e.h b/src/bin/e.h
index 222d0a57b..75c15c8a6 100644
--- a/src/bin/e.h
+++ b/src/bin/e.h
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ typedef struct _E_Rect E_Rect;
 #define E_REALLOC(p, s, n) p = (s *)realloc(p, sizeof(s) * n)
 #define E_NEW(s, n) (s *)calloc(n, sizeof(s))
 #define E_NEW_BIG(s, n) (s *)malloc(n * sizeof(s))
-#define E_FREE(p) do { if (p) {free(p); p = NULL;} } while (0)
+#define E_FREE(p) do { free(p); p = NULL; } while (0)
 #define E_FREE_LIST(list, free) \
   do \
     { \