diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index d4b8db177e27fd304ed81f00ab79c55792202c6b..6766913a53e626279a7a2f4eb543e1f9fa7b5263 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -1791,12 +1791,10 @@ SCTP_STATIC int sctp_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk,
 		goto out_free;
 	}
 
-	if (sinfo) {
-		/* Check for invalid stream. */
-		if (sinfo->sinfo_stream >= asoc->c.sinit_num_ostreams) {
-			err = -EINVAL;
-			goto out_free;
-		}
+	/* Check for invalid stream. */
+	if (sinfo->sinfo_stream >= asoc->c.sinit_num_ostreams) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto out_free;
 	}
 
 	timeo = sock_sndtimeo(sk, msg->msg_flags & MSG_DONTWAIT);