diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
index 9d33807ec16d..0b0a9666f6f9 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
@@ -94,8 +94,7 @@ static inline struct nfnetlink_subsystem *nfnetlink_get_subsys(u_int16_t type)
 {
 	u_int8_t subsys_id = NFNL_SUBSYS_ID(type);
 
-	if (subsys_id >= NFNL_SUBSYS_COUNT
-	    || subsys_table[subsys_id] == NULL)
+	if (subsys_id >= NFNL_SUBSYS_COUNT)
 		return NULL;
 
 	return subsys_table[subsys_id];