diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
index 55264e71369da0b088987e1f74d5f4cd778bfa53..51be355a3309fe993e4e14c0c5ac8d3e9955b45c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
@@ -1367,8 +1367,7 @@ void bch_flash_dev_request_init(struct bcache_device *d)
 
 void bch_request_exit(void)
 {
-	if (bch_search_cache)
-		kmem_cache_destroy(bch_search_cache);
+	kmem_cache_destroy(bch_search_cache);
 }
 
 int __init bch_request_init(void)