diff --git a/darwin-user/commpage.c b/darwin-user/commpage.c
index f6aa71e058..cc29bddd95 100644
--- a/darwin-user/commpage.c
+++ b/darwin-user/commpage.c
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ void do_compare_and_swap32(void *cpu_env, int num)
     uint32_t *value = (uint32_t*)((CPUX86State*)cpu_env)->regs[R_ECX];
     DPRINTF("commpage: compare_and_swap32(%x,new,%p)\n", old, value);
 
-    if(value && old == tswap32(*value))
+    if(old == tswap32(*value))
     {
         uint32_t new = ((CPUX86State*)cpu_env)->regs[R_EDX];
         *value = tswap32(new);