1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c b/sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c
index b580f96e25e5..7888cd707853 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c
@@ -324,8 +324,7 @@ void sst_firmware_load_cb(const struct firmware *fw, void *context)
 
         if (ctx->sst_state != SST_RESET ||
                         ctx->fw_in_mem != NULL) {
-                if (fw != NULL)
-                        release_firmware(fw);
+                release_firmware(fw);
                 mutex_unlock(&ctx->sst_lock);
                 return;
         }