diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c b/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c
index 8e1a88f136227d6ea2e954e0c911832c3b216286..c1ad6699b1f89d9f00ba85a9f23c89b1661ec812 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c
@@ -137,8 +137,7 @@ static void vport_netdev_free(struct rcu_head *rcu)
 {
 	struct vport *vport = container_of(rcu, struct vport, rcu);
 
-	if (vport->dev)
-		dev_put(vport->dev);
+	dev_put(vport->dev);
 	ovs_vport_free(vport);
 }