diff --git a/virt/kvm/eventfd.c b/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
index 99017e8a92ac32e442b86717c59b5771e883b50d..bb4ebd89b9fff11ee5a0227bf74805650d9ab4a8 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ kvm_irqfd_assign(struct kvm *kvm, int fd, int gsi)
 	if (eventfd && !IS_ERR(eventfd))
 		eventfd_ctx_put(eventfd);
 
-	if (file && !IS_ERR(file))
+	if (!IS_ERR(file))
 		fput(file);
 
 	kfree(irqfd);