diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index d470b1b3367b5e017b839b3df8ac6d5e0c2f6e22..65864d2a44f1fb0138bad8f19e43ae58648d5806 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -6594,7 +6594,7 @@ qemuBuildNumaArgStr(virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg,
             continue;
         }
 
-        if (def->cpu && def->cpu->ncells) {
+        if (def->cpu->ncells) {
             /* Fortunately, we allow only guest NUMA nodes to be continuous
              * starting from zero. */
             pos = def->cpu->ncells - 1;