diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index dea7acfbb071..30ea9a4f4ab4 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -901,8 +901,7 @@ void uprobe_unregister(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, struct uprobe_consume
 	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(uprobes_hash(inode));
-	if (uprobe)
-		put_uprobe(uprobe);
+	put_uprobe(uprobe);
 }
 
 static struct rb_node *