--- old/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1ConcurrentMark.cpp	2020-02-11 14:19:31.485038779 +0100
+++ new/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1ConcurrentMark.cpp	2020-02-11 14:19:31.071026051 +0100
@@ -268,9 +268,6 @@
     _scan_in_progress(false),
     _should_abort(false) {
   _root_regions = new MemRegion[_max_regions];
-  if (_root_regions == NULL) {
-    vm_exit_during_initialization("Could not allocate root MemRegion set.");
-  }
 }
 
 G1CMRootMemRegions::~G1CMRootMemRegions() {