diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7b7486408..7b994d225 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2016-12-17  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
+
+	* src/cff/cffload.c (cff_build_blend_vector): Remove redundant code.
+
 2016-12-17  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
 
 	* src/truetype/ttobjs.c (tt_face_init): Simplify conditional code.
diff --git a/src/cff/cffload.c b/src/cff/cffload.c
index 33e8d19f3..f8cac42c1 100644
--- a/src/cff/cffload.c
+++ b/src/cff/cffload.c
@@ -751,6 +751,7 @@
   {
     FT_Byte  fd = 0;
 
+
     /* if there is no FDSelect, return zero               */
     /* Note: CFF2 with just one Font Dict has no FDSelect */
     if ( fdselect->data == NULL )
@@ -1505,10 +1506,7 @@
       if ( FT_REALLOC( blend->lastNDV,
                        blend->lenNDV * sizeof ( *NDV ),
                        lenNDV * sizeof ( *NDV ) ) )
-      {
-        error = FT_THROW( Out_Of_Memory );
         goto Exit;
-      }
 
       blend->lenNDV = lenNDV;
       FT_MEM_COPY( blend->lastNDV,