diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 52cd3eff31dc..7fcb0e5d1213 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ static struct dst_entry *ip6_dst_check(struct dst_entry *dst, u32 cookie)
 
 	rt = (struct rt6_info *) dst;
 
-	if (rt && rt->rt6i_node && (rt->rt6i_node->fn_sernum == cookie))
+	if (rt->rt6i_node && (rt->rt6i_node->fn_sernum == cookie))
 		return dst;
 
 	return NULL;