diff --git a/runtime/mirror/string.cc b/runtime/mirror/string.cc
index be869d4..45610dc 100644
--- a/runtime/mirror/string.cc
+++ b/runtime/mirror/string.cc
@@ -254,11 +254,7 @@
   StackHandleScope<1> hs(self);
   Handle<String> string(hs.NewHandle(this));
   CharArray* result = CharArray::Alloc(self, GetLength());
-  if (result != nullptr) {
-    memcpy(result->GetData(), string->GetValue(), string->GetLength() * sizeof(uint16_t));
-  } else {
-    self->AssertPendingOOMException();
-  }
+  memcpy(result->GetData(), string->GetValue(), string->GetLength() * sizeof(uint16_t));
   return result;
 }