diff --git a/modules/lwjgl/stb/src/main/c/stb_vorbis.c b/modules/lwjgl/stb/src/main/c/stb_vorbis.c
index a8cbfa6c23..abcaf7a6b0 100644
--- a/modules/lwjgl/stb/src/main/c/stb_vorbis.c
+++ b/modules/lwjgl/stb/src/main/c/stb_vorbis.c
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ static void *setup_malloc(vorb *f, int sz)
       f->setup_offset += sz;
       return p;
    }
-   return sz ? malloc(sz) : NULL;
+   return malloc(sz); // LWJGL fix
 }
 
 static void setup_free(vorb *f, void *p)