diff --git a/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_gentech_driver.c b/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_gentech_driver.c
index 655d0a3d25..7014bdfc67 100644
--- a/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_gentech_driver.c
+++ b/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_gentech_driver.c
@@ -200,8 +200,6 @@ virNWFilterCreateVarsFrom(GHashTable *vars1,
                           GHashTable *vars2)
 {
     GHashTable *res = virHashNew(virNWFilterVarValueHashFree);
-    if (!res)
-        return NULL;
 
     if (virNWFilterHashTablePutAll(vars1, res) < 0)
         goto error;