diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_ioctl.c b/drivers/tty/tty_ioctl.c
index 4de1c6ddb8ffb24a428f22c1fc133b71763f8f5c..deffaefcf41d661d3297036cd5e417b171ed287d 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_ioctl.c
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ int tty_chars_in_buffer(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
 	if (tty->ops->chars_in_buffer)
 		return tty->ops->chars_in_buffer(tty);
-	else
-		return 0;
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_chars_in_buffer);