diff --git a/src/flow-hash.c b/src/flow-hash.c
index 9b20b9c807..c6065f1ffe 100644
--- a/src/flow-hash.c
+++ b/src/flow-hash.c
@@ -612,8 +612,6 @@ static Flow *FlowGetUsedFlow(void) {
             idx = 0;
 
         FlowBucket *fb = &flow_hash[idx];
-        if (fb == NULL)
-            continue;
 
         if (FBLOCK_TRYLOCK(fb) != 0)
             continue;