diff --git a/libc/bionic/clock.cpp b/libc/bionic/clock.cpp
index fda070842..31e6c3c91 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/clock.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/clock.cpp
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@
 // http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/clock.html
 clock_t clock() {
   timespec ts;
-  if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID, &ts) == -1) {
-    return -1;
-  }
+  clock_gettime(CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID, &ts);
   return (ts.tv_sec * CLOCKS_PER_SEC) + (ts.tv_nsec / (NS_PER_S / CLOCKS_PER_SEC));
 }