diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c
index cb4c86728d26..47e984d5b7cb 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c
@@ -1121,8 +1121,7 @@ void rtw_ndev_destructor(struct net_device *ndev)
 {
 	DBG_871X(FUNC_NDEV_FMT "\n", FUNC_NDEV_ARG(ndev));
 
-	if (ndev->ieee80211_ptr)
-		kfree(ndev->ieee80211_ptr);
+	kfree(ndev->ieee80211_ptr);
 }
 
 void rtw_dev_unload(struct adapter *padapter)