diff --git a/randr/rrcrtc.c b/randr/rrcrtc.c
index 2eb9fbdc8..c904fa035 100644
--- a/randr/rrcrtc.c
+++ b/randr/rrcrtc.c
@@ -66,13 +66,10 @@ RRCrtcCreate(ScreenPtr pScreen, void *devPrivate)
     pScrPriv = rrGetScrPriv(pScreen);
 
     /* make space for the crtc pointer */
-    if (pScrPriv->numCrtcs)
-        crtcs = reallocarray(pScrPriv->crtcs,
-                             pScrPriv->numCrtcs + 1, sizeof(RRCrtcPtr));
-    else
-        crtcs = malloc(sizeof(RRCrtcPtr));
+    crtcs = reallocarray(pScrPriv->crtcs,
+            pScrPriv->numCrtcs + 1, sizeof(RRCrtcPtr));
     if (!crtcs)
-        return FALSE;
+        return NULL;
     pScrPriv->crtcs = crtcs;
 
     crtc = calloc(1, sizeof(RRCrtcRec));
diff --git a/randr/rroutput.c b/randr/rroutput.c
index 647f19a52..90fe4e6c1 100644
--- a/randr/rroutput.c
+++ b/randr/rroutput.c
@@ -71,13 +71,10 @@ RROutputCreate(ScreenPtr pScreen,
 
     pScrPriv = rrGetScrPriv(pScreen);
 
-    if (pScrPriv->numOutputs)
-        outputs = reallocarray(pScrPriv->outputs,
-                               pScrPriv->numOutputs + 1, sizeof(RROutputPtr));
-    else
-        outputs = malloc(sizeof(RROutputPtr));
+    outputs = reallocarray(pScrPriv->outputs,
+                           pScrPriv->numOutputs + 1, sizeof(RROutputPtr));
     if (!outputs)
-        return FALSE;
+        return NULL;
 
     pScrPriv->outputs = outputs;