diff --git a/drivers/staging/lttng/lib/ringbuffer/ring_buffer_frontend.c b/drivers/staging/lttng/lib/ringbuffer/ring_buffer_frontend.c
index 802f5cd4cd161620a83f52328bd92c913391cd75..957d7f3d7ac6184f5401d44099275b6893403e45 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lttng/lib/ringbuffer/ring_buffer_frontend.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lttng/lib/ringbuffer/ring_buffer_frontend.c
@@ -1143,12 +1143,6 @@ void lib_ring_buffer_print_buffer_errors(struct lib_ring_buffer *buf,
 	const struct lib_ring_buffer_config *config = chan->backend.config;
 	unsigned long write_offset, cons_offset;
 
-	/*
-	 * Can be called in the error path of allocation when
-	 * trans_channel_data is not yet set.
-	 */
-	if (!chan)
-		return;
 	/*
 	 * No need to order commit_count, write_offset and cons_offset reads
 	 * because we execute at teardown when no more writer nor reader