noice.c | 6 ++----

diff --git a/noice.c b/noice.c
index b50cddfe5b260b963900f28f172aac29264f6ba5..f62619a2311a5949812e7ee6fd0c2ccdf70a8cb9 100644
--- a/noice.c
+++ b/noice.c
@@ -545,10 +545,8 @@ 	qsort(dents, n, sizeof(*dents), entrycmp);
 
 	/* Find cur from history */
 	cur = dentfind(dents, n, path, oldpath);
-	if (oldpath != NULL) {
-		free(oldpath);
-		oldpath = NULL;
-	}
+	free(oldpath);
+	oldpath = NULL;
 
 	for (;;) {
 redraw: