diff --git a/hw/usb/dev-storage.c b/hw/usb/dev-storage.c
index 1b87352db01ff9dcae36d6aa878dcc3037631003..b839798eafc4118d6a5238bbe238048115e7573f 100644
--- a/hw/usb/dev-storage.c
+++ b/hw/usb/dev-storage.c
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ static void usb_msd_handle_data(USBDevice *dev, USBPacket *p)
             scsi_req_print(s->req);
 #endif
             scsi_req_enqueue(s->req);
-            if (s->req && s->req->cmd.xfer != SCSI_XFER_NONE) {
+            if (s->req->cmd.xfer != SCSI_XFER_NONE) {
                 scsi_req_continue(s->req);
             }
             break;