diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c b/drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c
index 06fe63ced58c..d977976b8d91 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ static ssize_t show_type(struct device *class_dev,
 	}
 	pvr2_sysfs_trace("pvr2_sysfs(%p) show_type(cid=%d) is %s",
 			 cip->chptr, cip->ctl_id, name);
-	if (!name) return -EINVAL;
 	return scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", name);
 }