diff --git a/src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.c b/src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.c
index 97c40e8481058b3e6957c036d4ee5104c9f059c8..28d2d78d00f81e015037f41c98be72d0022c7064 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.c
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ grpc_channel_args *grpc_channel_args_copy_and_add(const grpc_channel_args *src,
     return dst;
   }
   dst->num_args = src_num_args + num_to_add;
-  dst->args =
-      dst->num_args ? gpr_malloc(sizeof(grpc_arg) * dst->num_args) : NULL;
+  dst->args = gpr_malloc(sizeof(grpc_arg) * dst->num_args);
   for (i = 0; i < src_num_args; i++) {
     dst->args[i] = copy_arg(&src->args[i]);
   }
diff --git a/src/core/lib/surface/server.c b/src/core/lib/surface/server.c
index e3b54ac012e0db6d90119a06c34c3a432346f69e..ad8ee8c7a99ef3dc90fad5866e0c55a18c8296d8 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/surface/server.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/surface/server.c
@@ -251,9 +251,7 @@ static void channel_broadcaster_init(grpc_server *s, channel_broadcaster *cb) {
     count++;
   }
   cb->num_channels = count;
-  cb->channels = cb->num_channels
-                     ? gpr_malloc(sizeof(*cb->channels) * cb->num_channels)
-                     : NULL;
+  cb->channels = gpr_malloc(sizeof(*cb->channels) * cb->num_channels);
   count = 0;
   for (c = s->root_channel_data.next; c != &s->root_channel_data; c = c->next) {
     cb->channels[count++] = c->channel;