1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c
index 6d728d9284bd..af7785ff5aa0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ void dump_trace(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
         if (!stack) {
                 if (regs)
                         stack = (unsigned long *)regs->sp;
-                else if (task && task != current)
+                else if (task != current)
                         stack = (unsigned long *)task->thread.sp;
                 else
                         stack = &dummy;