diff --git a/src/util-inl.h b/src/util-inl.h
index caadba9dae2caa..d6b7bd5e1b4cd1 100644
--- a/src/util-inl.h
+++ b/src/util-inl.h
@@ -361,13 +361,11 @@ T* UncheckedRealloc(T* pointer, size_t n) {
 // As per spec realloc behaves like malloc if passed nullptr.
 template <typename T>
 inline T* UncheckedMalloc(size_t n) {
-  if (n == 0) n = 1;
   return UncheckedRealloc<T>(nullptr, n);
 }
 
 template <typename T>
 inline T* UncheckedCalloc(size_t n) {
-  if (n == 0) n = 1;
   MultiplyWithOverflowCheck(sizeof(T), n);
   return static_cast<T*>(calloc(n, sizeof(T)));
 }
diff --git a/test/cctest/test_util.cc b/test/cctest/test_util.cc
index a64942a8a35009..f90d8d575aaea2 100644
--- a/test/cctest/test_util.cc
+++ b/test/cctest/test_util.cc
@@ -97,39 +97,39 @@ TEST(UtilTest, ToLower) {
   EXPECT_EQ('a', ToLower('A'));
 }
 
-#define TEST_AND_FREE(expression)                                             \
+#define TEST_AND_FREE(expression, size)                                       \
   do {                                                                        \
-    auto pointer = expression;                                                \
-    EXPECT_NE(nullptr, pointer);                                              \
+    auto pointer = expression(size);                                          \
+    if (size != 0) EXPECT_NE(pointer, nullptr);                               \
     free(pointer);                                                            \
   } while (0)
 
 TEST(UtilTest, Malloc) {
-  TEST_AND_FREE(Malloc<char>(0));
-  TEST_AND_FREE(Malloc<char>(1));
-  TEST_AND_FREE(Malloc(0));
-  TEST_AND_FREE(Malloc(1));
+  TEST_AND_FREE(Malloc<char>, 0);
+  TEST_AND_FREE(Malloc<char>, 1);
+  TEST_AND_FREE(Malloc, 0);
+  TEST_AND_FREE(Malloc, 1);
 }
 
 TEST(UtilTest, Calloc) {
-  TEST_AND_FREE(Calloc<char>(0));
-  TEST_AND_FREE(Calloc<char>(1));
-  TEST_AND_FREE(Calloc(0));
-  TEST_AND_FREE(Calloc(1));
+  TEST_AND_FREE(Calloc<char>, 0);
+  TEST_AND_FREE(Calloc<char>, 1);
+  TEST_AND_FREE(Calloc, 0);
+  TEST_AND_FREE(Calloc, 1);
 }
 
 TEST(UtilTest, UncheckedMalloc) {
-  TEST_AND_FREE(UncheckedMalloc<char>(0));
-  TEST_AND_FREE(UncheckedMalloc<char>(1));
-  TEST_AND_FREE(UncheckedMalloc(0));
-  TEST_AND_FREE(UncheckedMalloc(1));
+  TEST_AND_FREE(UncheckedMalloc<char>, 0);
+  TEST_AND_FREE(UncheckedMalloc<char>, 1);
+  TEST_AND_FREE(UncheckedMalloc, 0);
+  TEST_AND_FREE(UncheckedMalloc, 1);
 }
 
 TEST(UtilTest, UncheckedCalloc) {
-  TEST_AND_FREE(UncheckedCalloc<char>(0));
-  TEST_AND_FREE(UncheckedCalloc<char>(1));
-  TEST_AND_FREE(UncheckedCalloc(0));
-  TEST_AND_FREE(UncheckedCalloc(1));
+  TEST_AND_FREE(UncheckedCalloc<char>, 0);
+  TEST_AND_FREE(UncheckedCalloc<char>, 1);
+  TEST_AND_FREE(UncheckedCalloc, 0);
+  TEST_AND_FREE(UncheckedCalloc, 1);
 }
 
 template <typename T>