diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index d479b32d5826aca27c66b4b59734059958fb67e5..e1aad6eeac147c04231e0762e91675414c02e4b5 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -142,8 +142,7 @@ int netlink_add_tap(struct netlink_tap *nt)
 	list_add_rcu(&nt->list, &netlink_tap_all);
 	spin_unlock(&netlink_tap_lock);
 
-	if (nt->module)
-		__module_get(nt->module);
+	__module_get(nt->module);
 
 	return 0;
 }