diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgap/dgap.c b/drivers/staging/dgap/dgap.c
index aa3aa720724cab2425f12456c5262b2b70d9bbcb..ca64126618ed1be00cc66a410aaf2b19bc603045 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/dgap/dgap.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/dgap/dgap.c
@@ -2059,7 +2059,7 @@ static void dgap_poll_tasklet(unsigned long data)
 		/*
 		 * If board is doing interrupts, ACK the interrupt.
 		 */
-		if (bd && bd->intr_running)
+		if (bd->intr_running)
 			readb(bd->re_map_port + 2);
 
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bd->bd_lock, lock_flags);