1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/mxser.c b/drivers/char/mxser.c
index 3d923065d9a2..e0c5d2a69046 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mxser.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mxser.c
@@ -895,8 +895,7 @@ static int mxser_activate(struct tty_port *port, struct tty_struct *tty)
         if (inb(info->ioaddr + UART_LSR) == 0xff) {
                 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&info->slock, flags);
                 if (capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
-                        if (tty)
-                                set_bit(TTY_IO_ERROR, &tty->flags);
+                        set_bit(TTY_IO_ERROR, &tty->flags);
                         return 0;
                 } else
                         return -ENODEV;