diff --git a/reactos/subsys/system/cmd/copy.c b/reactos/subsys/system/cmd/copy.c
index 2e7f66b47bf..f16b997151a 100644
--- a/reactos/subsys/system/cmd/copy.c
+++ b/reactos/subsys/system/cmd/copy.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ INT cmd_copy (LPTSTR cmd, LPTSTR param)
   {
    size = GetEnvironmentVariable (_T("COPYCMD"), evar, 512);  
   }
-  if ((size > 1) && (size > 512))
+  if (size > 512)
   {
     evar = realloc(evar,size * sizeof(TCHAR) );
     if (evar!=NULL)