1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 7db09c3f5289..e7a5f17d5e95 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -218,8 +218,7 @@ int ip6_xmit(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi *fl,
                         }
                         kfree_skb(skb);
                         skb = skb2;
-                        if (sk)
-                                skb_set_owner_w(skb, sk);
+                        skb_set_owner_w(skb, sk);
                 }
                 if (opt->opt_flen)
                         ipv6_push_frag_opts(skb, opt, &proto);