1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvsi_lib.c b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvsi_lib.c
index 7ae6c293e518..a270f04588d7 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvsi_lib.c
@@ -405,8 +405,7 @@ void hvsilib_close(struct hvsi_priv *pv, struct hvc_struct *hp)
                 hvsi_send_close(pv);
         }
 
-        if (pv->tty)
-                tty_kref_put(pv->tty);
+        tty_kref_put(pv->tty);
         pv->tty = NULL;
 }