diff --git a/src/permission/fs_permission.cc b/src/permission/fs_permission.cc
index 6d11e06e46ebe8..0d42b3f535a597 100644
--- a/src/permission/fs_permission.cc
+++ b/src/permission/fs_permission.cc
@@ -45,9 +45,7 @@ void FreeRecursivelyNode(
     }
   }
 
-  if (node->wildcard_child != nullptr) {
-    delete node->wildcard_child;
-  }
+  delete node->wildcard_child;
   delete node;
 }