diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/swr/rasterizer/core/tessellator.h b/src/gallium/drivers/swr/rasterizer/core/tessellator.h
index 26e6d542b28..30b6b4fca1e 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/swr/rasterizer/core/tessellator.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/swr/rasterizer/core/tessellator.h
@@ -166,10 +166,6 @@ INLINE HANDLE SWR_API
     }
 
     HANDLE tsCtx = pContextMem;
-    if (!tsCtx)
-    {
-        return tsCtx;
-    }
 
     SWR_TS* pTessellator = new (tsCtx) SWR_TS();
     SWR_ASSERT(pTessellator == tsCtx);