diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 7fefd999846679359a7d7afd9612eb2a83505bdd..4fbc40b13f19466f53e5d0ee0755faa8fd2466ed 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ int ip6_append_data(struct sock *sk, int getfrag(void *from, char *to,
 		np->cork.hop_limit = hlimit;
 		np->cork.tclass = tclass;
 		mtu = dst_mtu(rt->u.dst.path);
-		if (np && np->frag_size < mtu) {
+		if (np->frag_size < mtu) {
 			if (np->frag_size)
 				mtu = np->frag_size;
 		}