1 files changed, 0 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/epan/wslua/wslua_dir.c b/epan/wslua/wslua_dir.c
index d39484df48..2368a4e5b1 100644
--- a/epan/wslua/wslua_dir.c
+++ b/epan/wslua/wslua_dir.c
@@ -195,11 +195,6 @@ WSLUA_CONSTRUCTOR Dir_open(lua_State* L) {
     Dir dir;
     char* dirname_clean;
 
-    if (!dirname) {
-        WSLUA_ARG_ERROR(Dir_open,PATHNAME,"must be a string");
-        return 0;
-    }
-
     dirname_clean = wslua_get_actual_filename(dirname);
     if (!dirname_clean) {
         WSLUA_ARG_ERROR(Dir_open,PATHNAME,"directory does not exist");