diff --git a/container/container_init.go b/container/container_init.go
index 71768e0..0c68cf3 100644
--- a/container/container_init.go
+++ b/container/container_init.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (c *Container) Init(reexecCmd string, reexecArgs []string) error {
 
 		// FIXME: why does this segfault??
 		if ns.Type == specs.TimeNamespace {
-			if c.Spec.Linux.TimeOffsets != nil && len(c.Spec.Linux.TimeOffsets) > 0 {
+			if c.Spec.Linux.TimeOffsets != nil {
 				var tos bytes.Buffer
 				for clock, offset := range c.Spec.Linux.TimeOffsets {
 					if n, err := tos.WriteString(