diff --git a/src/classifier.c b/src/classifier.c
index b0778d0a..cc90edcf 100644
--- a/src/classifier.c
+++ b/src/classifier.c
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ void predict_classifier(char *datacfg, char *cfgfile, char *weightfile, char *fi
             if(net.hierarchy) printf("%d, %s: %f, parent: %s \n",index, names[index], predictions[index], (net.hierarchy->parent[index] >= 0) ? names[net.hierarchy->parent[index]] : "Root");
             else printf("%s: %f\n",names[index], predictions[index]);
         }
-        if(r.data != im.data) free_image(r);
+        free_image(r);
         free_image(im);
         free_image(resized);
         if (filename) break;