diff --git a/lib/libnfs-zdr.c b/lib/libnfs-zdr.c
index 1896851..27f0e48 100644
--- a/lib/libnfs-zdr.c
+++ b/lib/libnfs-zdr.c
@@ -193,11 +193,7 @@ bool_t libnfs_zdr_bytes(ZDR *zdrs, char **bufp, uint32_t *size, uint32_t maxsize
                 }
 		return TRUE;
 	case ZDR_DECODE:
-		if (*bufp != NULL) {
-			memcpy(*bufp, &zdrs->buf[zdrs->pos], *size);
-		} else {
-			*bufp = &zdrs->buf[zdrs->pos];
-		}
+		*bufp = &zdrs->buf[zdrs->pos];
 		zdrs->pos += *size;
 		zdrs->pos = (zdrs->pos + 3) & ~3;
 		return TRUE;