diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
index 1bd72e900498c4fd97c3e0303b2516753740aa28..439b09d33856d823191808ef805fe9790d535474 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
@@ -440,8 +440,7 @@ void intel_pmu_lbr_add(struct perf_event *event)
 	}
 	cpuc->br_sel = event->hw.branch_reg.reg;
 
-	if (branch_user_callstack(cpuc->br_sel) && event->ctx &&
-					event->ctx->task_ctx_data) {
+	if (branch_user_callstack(cpuc->br_sel) && event->ctx->task_ctx_data) {
 		task_ctx = event->ctx->task_ctx_data;
 		task_ctx->lbr_callstack_users++;
 	}