diff --git a/drivers/video/nvidia/nv_i2c.c b/drivers/video/nvidia/nv_i2c.c
index bd9eca05e146..1edb1c432b75 100644
--- a/drivers/video/nvidia/nv_i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/video/nvidia/nv_i2c.c
@@ -218,8 +218,7 @@ int nvidia_probe_i2c_connector(struct fb_info *info, int conn, u8 **out_edid)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (out_edid)
-		*out_edid = edid;
+	*out_edid = edid;
 
 	return (edid) ? 0 : 1;
 }