diff --git a/portable/ThirdParty/GCC/Posix/utils/wait_for_event.c b/portable/ThirdParty/GCC/Posix/utils/wait_for_event.c
index 40a428df0d2..bf744e27f37 100644
--- a/portable/ThirdParty/GCC/Posix/utils/wait_for_event.c
+++ b/portable/ThirdParty/GCC/Posix/utils/wait_for_event.c
@@ -43,12 +43,13 @@ struct event * event_create( void )
 {
     struct event * ev = malloc( sizeof( struct event ) );
 
-    if( ev )
+    if( ev != NULL )
     {
         ev->event_triggered = false;
         pthread_mutex_init( &ev->mutex, NULL );
         pthread_cond_init( &ev->cond, NULL );
     }
+
     return ev;
 }