diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c
index 2337748ffead419fb980f2c87a8657cd59581ff0..cd59536a761dd84bcca2fb3afb44dc82adf1b417 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c
@@ -781,8 +781,7 @@ static void skl_remove(struct pci_dev *pci)
 	struct hdac_ext_bus *ebus = pci_get_drvdata(pci);
 	struct skl *skl = ebus_to_skl(ebus);
 
-	if (skl->tplg)
-		release_firmware(skl->tplg);
+	release_firmware(skl->tplg);
 
 	if (pci_dev_run_wake(pci))
 		pm_runtime_get_noresume(&pci->dev);