diff --git a/rcl/src/rcl/wait.c b/rcl/src/rcl/wait.c
index 5426419725..58cc982a71 100644
--- a/rcl/src/rcl/wait.c
+++ b/rcl/src/rcl/wait.c
@@ -488,7 +488,6 @@ rcl_ret_t
 rcl_wait(rcl_wait_set_t * wait_set, int64_t timeout)
 {
   RCL_CHECK_ARGUMENT_FOR_NULL(wait_set, RCL_RET_INVALID_ARGUMENT);
-  RCL_CHECK_ARGUMENT_FOR_NULL(timeout, RCL_RET_INVALID_ARGUMENT);
   if (!__wait_set_is_valid(wait_set)) {
     RCL_SET_ERROR_MSG("wait set is invalid");
     return RCL_RET_WAIT_SET_INVALID;