diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/compat_ion.c b/drivers/staging/android/ion/compat_ion.c
index ee3a7380e53b129ed04320940d6cae57cbbd4226..a402fdaf54ca37417e5282d1bb89008190b9a73a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/compat_ion.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/compat_ion.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ long compat_ion_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	long ret;
 
-	if (!filp->f_op || !filp->f_op->unlocked_ioctl)
+	if (!filp->f_op->unlocked_ioctl)
 		return -ENOTTY;
 
 	switch (cmd) {