diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 387b813f227d..ced58e1d91b6 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ static void dev_forward_change(struct inet6_dev *idev)
 	dev = idev->dev;
 	if (idev->cnf.forwarding)
 		dev_disable_lro(dev);
-	if (dev && (dev->flags & IFF_MULTICAST)) {
+	if (dev->flags & IFF_MULTICAST) {
 		if (idev->cnf.forwarding)
 			ipv6_dev_mc_inc(dev, &in6addr_linklocal_allrouters);
 		else