diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
index 0c691a60a756f6144d01706e566d7704a4e41075..85d38940a6c91e2b0d5b546bb0705bdd3ab37f8a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
@@ -1842,7 +1842,7 @@ sg_build_indirect(Sg_scatter_hold * schp, Sg_fd * sfp, int buff_size)
 	int blk_size = buff_size;
 	struct page *p = NULL;
 
-	if ((blk_size < 0) || (!sfp))
+	if (blk_size < 0)
 		return -EFAULT;
 	if (0 == blk_size)
 		++blk_size;	/* don't know why */