diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index e64fa2b24a81b69b41c1f35de3b6991f6900c019..dd7bf7dbbc0e3c872a39e61cb8c77f7ae4959f3a 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -3072,7 +3072,7 @@ static int io_sendmsg(struct io_kiocb *req, struct io_kiocb **nxt,
 			if (req->io)
 				return -EAGAIN;
 			if (io_alloc_async_ctx(req)) {
-				if (kmsg && kmsg->iov != kmsg->fast_iov)
+				if (kmsg->iov != kmsg->fast_iov)
 					kfree(kmsg->iov);
 				return -ENOMEM;
 			}
@@ -3226,7 +3226,7 @@ static int io_recvmsg(struct io_kiocb *req, struct io_kiocb **nxt,
 			if (req->io)
 				return -EAGAIN;
 			if (io_alloc_async_ctx(req)) {
-				if (kmsg && kmsg->iov != kmsg->fast_iov)
+				if (kmsg->iov != kmsg->fast_iov)
 					kfree(kmsg->iov);
 				return -ENOMEM;
 			}