diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c
index 241fc86bc613..f4b732a3552b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -3660,7 +3660,7 @@ static inline struct sched_domain *lowest_flag_domain(int cpu, int flag)
 	struct sched_domain *sd;
 
 	for_each_domain(cpu, sd)
-		if (sd && (sd->flags & flag))
+		if (sd->flags & flag)
 			break;
 
 	return sd;