diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/helpers.c b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/helpers.c
index 5c1104379c4910046b89938632f5869a75740f51..60de4200375dddd317ae4c3650d4b0e467e92fa8 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/helpers.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/helpers.c
@@ -671,8 +671,7 @@ int venus_helper_get_bufreq(struct venus_inst *inst, u32 type,
 	unsigned int i;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (req)
-		memset(req, 0, sizeof(*req));
+	memset(req, 0, sizeof(*req));
 
 	if (type == HFI_BUFFER_OUTPUT || type == HFI_BUFFER_OUTPUT2)
 		req->count_min = inst->fw_min_cnt;
@@ -694,8 +693,7 @@ int venus_helper_get_bufreq(struct venus_inst *inst, u32 type,
 		if (hprop.bufreq[i].type != type)
 			continue;
 
-		if (req)
-			memcpy(req, &hprop.bufreq[i], sizeof(*req));
+		memcpy(req, &hprop.bufreq[i], sizeof(*req));
 		ret = 0;
 		break;
 	}