diff --git a/kernel/power/qos.c b/kernel/power/qos.c
index 1c1797dd1d1d..5167d996cd02 100644
--- a/kernel/power/qos.c
+++ b/kernel/power/qos.c
@@ -386,8 +386,7 @@ static int pm_qos_power_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 		pm_qos_add_request(req, pm_qos_class, PM_QOS_DEFAULT_VALUE);
 		filp->private_data = req;
 
-		if (filp->private_data)
-			return 0;
+		return 0;
 	}
 	return -EPERM;
 }