diff --git a/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_hostif.c b/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_hostif.c
index 0e554e3359b5..ca030d3f609f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_hostif.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_hostif.c
@@ -1023,8 +1023,8 @@ int hostif_data_request(struct ks_wlan_private *priv, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	    priv->wpa.mic_failure.stop) {
 		if (netif_queue_stopped(priv->net_dev))
 			netif_wake_queue(priv->net_dev);
-		if (skb)
-			dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+
+		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 
 		return 0;
 	}