diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_locks.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_locks.c
index e0b81eea94869bc5a860aed9e5c8ce2b3e9fbf5c..d4bf34b61f3a6ec80b4557d5e80da1ed2a399b03 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_locks.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_locks.c
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ int mdc_enqueue(struct obd_export *exp, struct ldlm_enqueue_info *einfo,
 
 	/* Retry the create infinitely when we get -EINPROGRESS from
 	 * server. This is required by the new quota design. */
-	if (it && it->it_op & IT_CREAT &&
+	if (it->it_op & IT_CREAT &&
 	    (int)lockrep->lock_policy_res2 == -EINPROGRESS) {
 		mdc_clear_replay_flag(req, rc);
 		ptlrpc_req_finished(req);