1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/include/trace/events/skb.h b/include/trace/events/skb.h
index 75ce9d500d8..f10293c41b1 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/skb.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/skb.h
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(kfree_skb,
 
         TP_fast_assign(
                 __entry->skbaddr = skb;
-                if (skb) {
-                        __entry->protocol = ntohs(skb->protocol);
-                }
+                __entry->protocol = ntohs(skb->protocol);
                 __entry->location = location;
         ),