diff --git a/kernel/sysctl_check.c b/kernel/sysctl_check.c
index 10b90d8a03c48678258c6aaf3de353af7b06ed36..3a01c3e4649473547be45596dd6807351e5adb2c 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl_check.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl_check.c
@@ -111,11 +111,9 @@ int sysctl_check_table(struct nsproxy *namespaces, struct ctl_table *table)
 		const char *fail = NULL;
 
 		if (table->parent) {
-			if (table->procname && !table->parent->procname)
+			if (!table->parent->procname)
 				set_fail(&fail, table, "Parent without procname");
 		}
-		if (!table->procname)
-			set_fail(&fail, table, "No procname");
 		if (table->child) {
 			if (table->data)
 				set_fail(&fail, table, "Directory with data?");
@@ -144,7 +142,7 @@ int sysctl_check_table(struct nsproxy *namespaces, struct ctl_table *table)
 					set_fail(&fail, table, "No maxlen");
 			}
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL
-			if (table->procname && !table->proc_handler)
+			if (!table->proc_handler)
 				set_fail(&fail, table, "No proc_handler");
 #endif
 #if 0