diff --git a/stand/libsa/zalloc_malloc.c b/stand/libsa/zalloc_malloc.c
index 17c1648e05e3..98e28b8ef7f5 100644
--- a/stand/libsa/zalloc_malloc.c
+++ b/stand/libsa/zalloc_malloc.c
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ Malloc_align(size_t bytes, size_t alignment)
 {
 	Guard *res;
 
-	if (bytes == 0)
-		return (NULL);
-
 #ifdef USEENDGUARD
 	bytes += MALLOCALIGN + 1;
 #else