diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
index b871cceeff7c24477fe70a499ed725f75a69cac5..a1ed8baa5aaa0ba8d17c785df2c4e6951a8e716f 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
@@ -777,7 +777,6 @@ static int l2tp_session_queue_purge(struct l2tp_session *session)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
 
-	BUG_ON(!session);
 	BUG_ON(session->magic != L2TP_SESSION_MAGIC);
 	while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&session->reorder_q))) {
 		atomic_long_inc(&session->stats.rx_errors);