1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
index cfd1c0feb32d..dbaded90312c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
@@ -143,10 +143,8 @@ static int64_t _sort__sym_cmp(struct symbol *sym_l, struct symbol *sym_r,
         if (sym_l == sym_r)
                 return 0;
 
-        if (sym_l)
-                ip_l = sym_l->start;
-        if (sym_r)
-                ip_r = sym_r->start;
+        ip_l = sym_l->start;
+        ip_r = sym_r->start;
 
         return (int64_t)(ip_r - ip_l);
 }