diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/sha256.c b/wolfcrypt/src/sha256.c
index 40eb0f421..4f8e8b011 100755
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/sha256.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/sha256.c
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@
     }
     int wc_InitSha256_ex(Sha256* sha, void* heap, int devId)
     {
+        (void)heap;
+        (void)devId;
         if (sha == NULL) {
             return BAD_FUNC_ARG;
         }
-        (void)heap;
-        (void)devId;
         return InitSha256_fips(sha);
     }
     int wc_Sha256Update(Sha256* sha, const byte* data, word32 len)
@@ -1926,9 +1926,6 @@ static int Transform_AVX2(Sha256* sha256)
 
 int wc_InitSha256(Sha256* sha256)
 {
-    if (sha256 == NULL) {
-        return BAD_FUNC_ARG;
-    }
     return wc_InitSha256_ex(sha256, NULL, INVALID_DEVID);
 }