1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c
index bdc1d15369f8..d1c7de92cfdf 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ static int alloc_device(struct nandsim *ns)
                 cfile = filp_open(cache_file, O_CREAT | O_RDWR | O_LARGEFILE, 0600);
                 if (IS_ERR(cfile))
                         return PTR_ERR(cfile);
-                if (!cfile->f_op || (!cfile->f_op->read && !cfile->f_op->aio_read)) {
+                if (!cfile->f_op->read && !cfile->f_op->aio_read) {
                         NS_ERR("alloc_device: cache file not readable\n");
                         err = -EINVAL;
                         goto err_close;