1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/crypto/algapi.c b/crypto/algapi.c
index 76fae27ed01c..c3cf1a69a47a 100644
--- a/crypto/algapi.c
+++ b/crypto/algapi.c
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ int crypto_init_spawn2(struct crypto_spawn *spawn, struct crypto_alg *alg,
 {
         int err = -EINVAL;
 
-        if (frontend && (alg->cra_flags ^ frontend->type) & frontend->maskset)
+        if ((alg->cra_flags ^ frontend->type) & frontend->maskset)
                 goto out;
 
         spawn->frontend = frontend;