diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
index db0fad3269c0395f230c39cc0fcd6c9975f6d633..4ffa35e967617e1f73de620ab89ebde6eb31236c 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ ecryptfs_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	struct file *lower_file = ecryptfs_file_to_lower(file);
 	long rc = -ENOIOCTLCMD;
 
-	if (lower_file->f_op && lower_file->f_op->compat_ioctl)
+	if (lower_file->f_op->compat_ioctl)
 		rc = lower_file->f_op->compat_ioctl(lower_file, cmd, arg);
 	return rc;
 }