diff --git a/src/app-layer-http2.c b/src/app-layer-http2.c
index ce0cdc8c2fd0..dd0b3ec53f93 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-http2.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-http2.c
@@ -91,9 +91,7 @@ void HTTP2MimicHttp1Request(void *alstate_orig, void *h2s)
     size_t nbheaders = htp_table_size(h1tx->request_headers);
     for (size_t i = 0; i < nbheaders; i++) {
         htp_header_t *h = htp_table_get_index(h1tx->request_headers, i, NULL);
-        if (h != NULL) {
-            rs_http2_tx_add_header(h2s, bstr_ptr(h->name), bstr_len(h->name), bstr_ptr(h->value),
-                    bstr_len(h->value));
-        }
+        rs_http2_tx_add_header(
+                h2s, bstr_ptr(h->name), bstr_len(h->name), bstr_ptr(h->value), bstr_len(h->value));
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/output-json-http.c b/src/output-json-http.c
index 30b33c74527f..5f44e955573d 100644
--- a/src/output-json-http.c
+++ b/src/output-json-http.c
@@ -321,10 +321,7 @@ static void EveHttpLogJSONHeaders(
     bool array_empty = true;
     jb_open_array(js, direction & LOG_HTTP_REQ_HEADERS ? "request_headers" : "response_headers");
     for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-        htp_header_t * h = htp_table_get_index(headers, i, NULL);
-        if (h == NULL) {
-            continue;
-        }
+        htp_header_t *h = htp_table_get_index(headers, i, NULL);
         if ((http_ctx->flags & direction) == 0 && http_ctx->fields != 0) {
             bool tolog = false;
             for (HttpField f = HTTP_FIELD_ACCEPT; f < HTTP_FIELD_SIZE; f++) {