diff --git a/sys/arm64/iommu/smmu.c b/sys/arm64/iommu/smmu.c
index 93b0cbb7c8e4..a832f6a6ec70 100644
--- a/sys/arm64/iommu/smmu.c
+++ b/sys/arm64/iommu/smmu.c
@@ -960,10 +960,6 @@ smmu_init_strtab_2lvl(struct smmu_softc *sc)
 	sz = strtab->num_l1_entries * sizeof(struct l1_desc);
 
 	strtab->l1 = malloc(sz, M_SMMU, M_WAITOK | M_ZERO);
-	if (strtab->l1 == NULL) {
-		free(strtab->vaddr, M_SMMU);
-		return (ENOMEM);
-	}
 
 	reg = STRTAB_BASE_CFG_FMT_2LVL;
 	reg |= size << STRTAB_BASE_CFG_LOG2SIZE_S;