diff --git a/src/util/virtypedparam.c b/src/util/virtypedparam.c
index 603fcf213a..be3dac1571 100644
--- a/src/util/virtypedparam.c
+++ b/src/util/virtypedparam.c
@@ -403,10 +403,6 @@ virTypedParamsFilter(virTypedParameterPtr params,
 {
     size_t i, n = 0;
 
-    virCheckNonNullArgGoto(params, error);
-    virCheckNonNullArgGoto(name, error);
-    virCheckNonNullArgGoto(ret, error);
-
     if (VIR_ALLOC_N(*ret, nparams) < 0)
         goto error;