===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/rcs/ci.c,v
retrieving revision 1.220
retrieving revision 1.221
diff -u -r1.220 -r1.221
--- src/usr.bin/rcs/ci.c	2015/06/13 20:15:21	1.220
+++ src/usr.bin/rcs/ci.c	2015/06/17 08:13:31	1.221
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: ci.c,v 1.220 2015/06/13 20:15:21 nicm Exp $	*/
+/*	$OpenBSD: ci.c,v 1.221 2015/06/17 08:13:31 nicm Exp $	*/
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2005, 2006 Niall O'Higgins <niallo@openbsd.org>
  * All rights reserved.
@@ -210,8 +210,7 @@
 			printf("%s\n", rcs_version);
 			exit(0);
 		case 'w':
-			if (pb.author != NULL)
-				free(pb.author);
+			free(pb.author);
 			pb.author = xstrdup(rcs_optarg);
 			break;
 		case 'x':