diff --git a/flang/runtime/pointer.cpp b/flang/runtime/pointer.cpp
--- a/flang/runtime/pointer.cpp
+++ b/flang/runtime/pointer.cpp
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
   if (!target) {
     return pointer.raw().base_addr != nullptr;
   }
-  if (!target->raw().base_addr || target->ElementBytes() == 0) {
+  if (!target->raw().base_addr) {
     return false;
   }
   int rank{pointer.rank()};