1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 52cd3eff31d..7fcb0e5d121 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ static struct dst_entry *ip6_dst_check(struct dst_entry *dst, u32 cookie)
 
         rt = (struct rt6_info *) dst;
 
-        if (rt && rt->rt6i_node && (rt->rt6i_node->fn_sernum == cookie))
+        if (rt->rt6i_node && (rt->rt6i_node->fn_sernum == cookie))
                 return dst;
 
         return NULL;