diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index ba3b7ea5ebb3139cca38e82ac6f5f5e346f4a4e0..c98052487e986df6657e32da066630e95d3557bb 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -3981,8 +3981,7 @@ struct sk_buff *napi_get_frags(struct napi_struct *napi)
 
 	if (!skb) {
 		skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(napi->dev, GRO_MAX_HEAD);
-		if (skb)
-			napi->skb = skb;
+		napi->skb = skb;
 	}
 	return skb;
 }