diff --git a/src/modules/bluetooth/sbc/sbc.c b/src/modules/bluetooth/sbc/sbc.c
index 3af0a03cd..5c5c1112e 100644
--- a/src/modules/bluetooth/sbc/sbc.c
+++ b/src/modules/bluetooth/sbc/sbc.c
@@ -1141,8 +1141,7 @@ void sbc_finish(sbc_t *sbc)
 	if (!sbc)
 		return;
 
-	if (sbc->priv_alloc_base)
-		free(sbc->priv_alloc_base);
+	free(sbc->priv_alloc_base);
 
 	memset(sbc, 0, sizeof(sbc_t));
 }