diff --git a/winpr/libwinpr/crt/alignment.c b/winpr/libwinpr/crt/alignment.c
index ce2c85647..084eef03f 100644
--- a/winpr/libwinpr/crt/alignment.c
+++ b/winpr/libwinpr/crt/alignment.c
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ void* _aligned_malloc(size_t size, size_t alignment)
 	if (alignment % 2 == 1)
 		return NULL;
 
-	/* offset must be less than size */
-
-	if (offset >= size)
-		return NULL;
-
 	if (posix_memalign(&memptr, alignment, size) != 0)
 		return NULL;