diff --git a/h_malloc.c b/h_malloc.c
index 5cdd1ec..7736177 100644
--- a/h_malloc.c
+++ b/h_malloc.c
@@ -764,10 +764,9 @@ static inline void deallocate_small(void *p, const size_t *expected_size) {
                 enqueue_free_slab(c, metadata);
                 mutex_unlock(&c->lock);
                 return;
-            } else {
-                memory_purge(slab, slab_size);
-                // handle out-of-memory by putting it into the empty slabs list
             }
+            memory_purge(slab, slab_size);
+            // handle out-of-memory by putting it into the empty slabs list
         }
 
         metadata->next = c->empty_slabs;