diff --git a/src/ox/std/vector.hpp b/src/ox/std/vector.hpp
index 2d8fee013..5787db694 100644
--- a/src/ox/std/vector.hpp
+++ b/src/ox/std/vector.hpp
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ struct VectorAllocator {
 		constexpr void deallocate(T *items, std::size_t cap) noexcept {
 			// small vector optimization cannot be done it constexpr, but it doesn't really matter in constexpr
 			if (std::is_constant_evaluated()) {
+				Allocator{}.deallocate(items, cap);
+			} else {
 				if (items && static_cast<void*>(items) != static_cast<void*>(m_data.data())) {
 					Allocator{}.deallocate(items, cap);
 				}