diff --git a/net/atm/proc.c b/net/atm/proc.c
index d79221fd4dae..c31896707313 100644
--- a/net/atm/proc.c
+++ b/net/atm/proc.c
@@ -134,8 +134,7 @@ static void vcc_seq_stop(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 static void *vcc_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos)
 {
 	v = vcc_walk(seq, 1);
-	if (v)
-		(*pos)++;
+	(*pos)++;
 	return v;
 }