diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc b/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
index e792a0a1c..a068bcc42 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ _pinfo::commune_request (__uint32_t code, ...)
   res.s = NULL;
   res.n = 0;
 
-  if (!this || !pid)
+  if (!pid)
     {
       set_errno (ESRCH);
       goto err;