diff --git a/src/java.desktop/windows/native/libawt/windows/awt_Frame.cpp b/src/java.desktop/windows/native/libawt/windows/awt_Frame.cpp
index e679eb88dd2..19a38bcaa2d 100644
--- a/src/java.desktop/windows/native/libawt/windows/awt_Frame.cpp
+++ b/src/java.desktop/windows/native/libawt/windows/awt_Frame.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1996, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1996, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ void AwtFrame::_NotifyModalBlocked(void *param)
         }
     }
 
-    if ((f != NULL) && ::IsWindow(f->GetHWnd()))
+    if (::IsWindow(f->GetHWnd()))
     {
         // get an HWND of the toplevel window this embedded frame is within
         HWND fHWnd = f->GetHWnd();