diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/lib/http_header.c b/components/esp_http_client/lib/http_header.c
index f76309e78d..578eb788e1 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/lib/http_header.c
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/lib/http_header.c
@@ -159,9 +159,6 @@ int http_header_set_format(http_header_handle_t header, const char *key, const c
     len = vasprintf(&buf, format, argptr);
     va_end(argptr);
     ESP_RETURN_ON_FALSE(buf, 0, TAG, "Memory exhausted");
-    if (buf == NULL) {
-        return 0;
-    }
     http_header_set(header, key, buf);
     free(buf);
     return len;