diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index bfd748346f208b9b7aec8d68646b7b5c1eb37653..e0774471f56d5f8095e446cc3b45098865e6dae2 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -895,9 +895,6 @@ void __kfree_skb_defer(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 void napi_consume_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, int budget)
 {
-	if (unlikely(!skb))
-		return;
-
 	/* Zero budget indicate non-NAPI context called us, like netpoll */
 	if (unlikely(!budget)) {
 		dev_consume_skb_any(skb);