diff --git a/src/backtrace_posix.cc b/src/backtrace_posix.cc
index 0c69d820e7212a..c7a6bea1938a7c 100644
--- a/src/backtrace_posix.cc
+++ b/src/backtrace_posix.cc
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ void DumpBacktrace(FILE* fp) {
 #if HAVE_EXECINFO_H
   void* frames[256];
   const int size = backtrace(frames, arraysize(frames));
-  if (size <= 0) {
-    return;
-  }
   for (int i = 1; i < size; i += 1) {
     void* frame = frames[i];
     fprintf(fp, "%2d: ", i);