diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cc561bbb76d..f372ccd4ec8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     - NodeJS:
       - FIXED: Support `skip_waypoints` in Node bindings [#6060](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/6060)
     - Misc:
+      - CHANGED: Remove redundant nullptr check. [#6326](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/6326)
       - CHANGED: missing files list is included in exception message. [#5360](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/5360)
       - CHANGED: Do not use deprecated Callback::Call overload in Node bindings. [#6318](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/6318)
       - FIXED: Fix distance calculation consistency. [#6315](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/6315)
diff --git a/include/util/deallocating_vector.hpp b/include/util/deallocating_vector.hpp
index afc357f6f5b..484a51b1be8 100644
--- a/include/util/deallocating_vector.hpp
+++ b/include/util/deallocating_vector.hpp
@@ -236,11 +236,7 @@ template <typename ElementT> class DeallocatingVector
         // Delete[]'ing ptr's to all Buckets
         for (auto bucket : bucket_list)
         {
-            if (nullptr != bucket)
-            {
-                delete[] bucket;
-                bucket = nullptr;
-            }
+            delete[] bucket;
         }
         bucket_list.clear();
         bucket_list.shrink_to_fit();
diff --git a/src/storage/storage.cpp b/src/storage/storage.cpp
index 9494285abed..7c83888e5fd 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage.cpp
+++ b/src/storage/storage.cpp
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ std::vector<std::pair<bool, boost::filesystem::path>> Storage::GetStaticFiles()
     {
         if (file.first == REQUIRED && !boost::filesystem::exists(file.second))
         {
-            throw util::exception("Could not find required filed: " + std::get<1>(file).string());
+            throw util::exception("Could not find required file(s): " + std::get<1>(file).string());
         }
     }
 
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ std::vector<std::pair<bool, boost::filesystem::path>> Storage::GetUpdatableFiles
     {
         if (file.first == REQUIRED && !boost::filesystem::exists(file.second))
         {
-            throw util::exception("Could not find required filed: " + std::get<1>(file).string());
+            throw util::exception("Could not find required file(s): " + std::get<1>(file).string());
         }
     }