1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 276131fe56dd..383dd4e82ee1 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -472,8 +472,7 @@ static int netlink_release(struct socket *sock)
                                 NETLINK_URELEASE, &n);
         }       
 
-        if (nlk->module)
-                module_put(nlk->module);
+        module_put(nlk->module);
 
         netlink_table_grab();
         if (nlk->flags & NETLINK_KERNEL_SOCKET) {