diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
index 249d2fbc8f3748b69fa95ff39e783a458cb18a8f..1e0545a679599360f523c651a7fcddad7720862f 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
@@ -518,8 +518,7 @@ int lirc_dev_fop_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
 	WARN_ON(mutex_lock_killable(&lirc_dev_lock));
 
-	if (ir->d.rdev)
-		rc_close(ir->d.rdev);
+	rc_close(ir->d.rdev);
 
 	ir->open--;
 	if (ir->attached) {
diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c b/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c
index 97dd6921edbe711ee5851a611eda54407d152457..86ffcd54339e14046de751cb833d062fada8073b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c
@@ -1298,8 +1298,7 @@ void rc_free_device(struct rc_dev *dev)
 	if (!dev)
 		return;
 
-	if (dev->input_dev)
-		input_free_device(dev->input_dev);
+	input_free_device(dev->input_dev);
 
 	put_device(&dev->dev);