diff --git a/src/conf/virnwfilterbindingobjlist.c b/src/conf/virnwfilterbindingobjlist.c
index 1f19e27eb0..470a30ca90 100644
--- a/src/conf/virnwfilterbindingobjlist.c
+++ b/src/conf/virnwfilterbindingobjlist.c
@@ -66,10 +66,7 @@ virNWFilterBindingObjListNew(void)
     if (!(bindings = virObjectRWLockableNew(virNWFilterBindingObjListClass)))
         return NULL;
 
-    if (!(bindings->objs = virHashNew(virObjectFreeHashData))) {
-        virObjectUnref(bindings);
-        return NULL;
-    }
+    bindings->objs = virHashNew(virObjectFreeHashData);
 
     return bindings;
 }