diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index c7bd6575b..ef1fbab1f 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-01-23  Christopher Faylor  <me.cygwin2013@cgf.cx>
+
+	* miscfuncs.cc (__import_address): On second thought, the chance that
+	this pointer could be NULL is very low so don't bother checking for it.
+
 2013-01-23  Christopher Faylor  <me.cygwin2013@cgf.cx>
 
 	* exceptions.cc (exception::handle): Make attempt to recursively dump
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/miscfuncs.cc b/winsup/cygwin/miscfuncs.cc
index 8e954b39f..4f9c9df9d 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/miscfuncs.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/miscfuncs.cc
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ slashify (const char *src, char *dst, bool trailing_slash_p)
 void * __reg1
 __import_address (void *imp)
 {
-  if (!imp || *((uint16_t *) imp) != 0x25ff)
+  if (*((uint16_t *) imp) != 0x25ff)
     return NULL;
   myfault efault;
   if (efault.faulted ())