diff --git a/indra/llimage/llimagej2c.cpp b/indra/llimage/llimagej2c.cpp
index 43d6f730ff..1ee6deaa87 100644
--- a/indra/llimage/llimagej2c.cpp
+++ b/indra/llimage/llimagej2c.cpp
@@ -374,11 +374,6 @@ bool LLImageJ2C::loadAndValidate(const std::string &filename)
 	else
 	{
 		U8 *data = (U8*)ALLOCATE_MEM(LLImageBase::getPrivatePool(), file_size);
-		if(!data)
-		{
-			LL_WARNS() << "couldn't allocate memory for loading file: " << filename << " size: " << file_size << LL_ENDL;
-			return FALSE;
-		}
 		apr_size_t bytes_read = file_size;
 		apr_status_t s = apr_file_read(apr_file, data, &bytes_read); // modifies bytes_read	
 		infile.close() ;