diff --git a/indra/llimage/llimage.cpp b/indra/llimage/llimage.cpp
index 55609deb2b4af4b0228effd0547f0a5eb5c5430d..183620f9bc04d55e87264324c298d7548a738eb3 100755
--- a/indra/llimage/llimage.cpp
+++ b/indra/llimage/llimage.cpp
@@ -1493,7 +1493,7 @@ void LLImageFormatted::sanityCheck()
 
 BOOL LLImageFormatted::copyData(U8 *data, S32 size)
 {
-	if ( data && getData() && ((data != getData()) || (size != getDataSize())) )
+	if ( data && ((data != getData()) || (size != getDataSize())) )
 	{
 		deleteData();
 		allocateData(size);
diff --git a/indra/llimage/llimagepng.cpp b/indra/llimage/llimagepng.cpp
index 525aa8d78c3658e5fc33d2d90ac52e120685aa56..294f68b1220cf0ad761a8f4daad227147007c9e0 100755
--- a/indra/llimage/llimagepng.cpp
+++ b/indra/llimage/llimagepng.cpp
@@ -94,13 +94,6 @@ BOOL LLImagePNG::decode(LLImageRaw* raw_image, F32 decode_time)
         return FALSE;
     }
 
-	// Check to make sure that this instance has been initialized with data
-	if (!raw_image->getData())
-	{
-		setLastError("LLImagePNG trying to decode an image into unallocated LLImageRaw!");
-		return FALSE;
-	}
-
 	// Decode the PNG data into the raw image
 	LLPngWrapper pngWrapper;
 	if (!pngWrapper.isValidPng(getData()))