diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c
index 8a6e5c2d6f95a3f2f52f3d9b8148c81fffe7c5d3..36f4459520c366a88a33c9cf2663bf9e713955c3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c
@@ -1148,8 +1148,7 @@ static int temac_of_remove(struct platform_device *op)
 	temac_mdio_teardown(lp);
 	unregister_netdev(ndev);
 	sysfs_remove_group(&lp->dev->kobj, &temac_attr_group);
-	if (lp->phy_node)
-		of_node_put(lp->phy_node);
+	of_node_put(lp->phy_node);
 	lp->phy_node = NULL;
 	iounmap(lp->regs);
 	if (lp->sdma_regs)