diff --git a/src/system/libroot/posix/pthread/pthread.cpp b/src/system/libroot/posix/pthread/pthread.cpp
index 6c441e1f21..ef708b9197 100644
--- a/src/system/libroot/posix/pthread/pthread.cpp
+++ b/src/system/libroot/posix/pthread/pthread.cpp
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ pthread_self(void)
 int
 pthread_equal(pthread_t t1, pthread_t t2)
 {
-	return t1 != NULL && t2 != NULL && t1 == t2;
+	return t1 == t2;
 }