diff --git a/common-channel.c b/common-channel.c
index 14985a97f200c549050155985c3b034ff5c8ddd0..7383f47a2666bb7f79f39b4514631a56e773d99f 100644
--- a/common-channel.c
+++ b/common-channel.c
@@ -88,10 +88,6 @@ void chancleanup() {
 
 	unsigned int i;
 
-	if (!ses.channels) {
-		return;
-	}
-
 	TRACE(("enter chancleanup"))
 	for (i = 0; i < ses.chansize; i++) {
 		if (ses.channels[i] != NULL) {