diff --git a/src/dbus.c b/src/dbus.c
index baa37c9..2d0f53c 100644
--- a/src/dbus.c
+++ b/src/dbus.c
@@ -296,9 +296,6 @@ static void on_notify(GDBusConnection * connection,
         }
 
         notification *n = notification_create();
-        if(n == NULL) {
-                die("Unable to allocate memory", EXIT_FAILURE);
-        }
         n->appname = appname;
         n->summary = summary;
         n->body = body;
diff --git a/src/dunst.c b/src/dunst.c
index 7109064..241524c 100644
--- a/src/dunst.c
+++ b/src/dunst.c
@@ -344,9 +344,6 @@ int dunst_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
         if (settings.startup_notification) {
                 notification *n = notification_create();
-                if(n == NULL) {
-                        die("Unable to allocate memory", EXIT_FAILURE);
-                }
                 n->appname = strdup("dunst");
                 n->summary = strdup("startup");
                 n->body = strdup("dunst is up and running");
diff --git a/src/notification.c b/src/notification.c
index b3c956f..a1e68ec 100644
--- a/src/notification.c
+++ b/src/notification.c
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ char *notification_extract_markup_urls(char **str_ptr) {
 notification *notification_create(void)
 {
         notification *n = malloc(sizeof(notification));
+        if(n == NULL) die("Unable to allocate memory", EXIT_FAILURE);
         memset(n, 0, sizeof(notification));
         return n;
 }