diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
index 9da25fe9ea61..69bd801afb53 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
@@ -808,8 +808,7 @@ void nilfs_put_root(struct nilfs_root *root)
 		spin_lock(&nilfs->ns_cptree_lock);
 		rb_erase(&root->rb_node, &nilfs->ns_cptree);
 		spin_unlock(&nilfs->ns_cptree_lock);
-		if (root->ifile)
-			iput(root->ifile);
+		iput(root->ifile);
 
 		kfree(root);
 	}