diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/irq.c b/arch/arm/kernel/irq.c
index 3efd82cc95f06a8196b6a20e8c9fa65121d66009..3f86ee11f54e6bde633740405d4eb44bb4999f11 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/irq.c
@@ -181,10 +181,7 @@ void migrate_irqs(void)
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 
 	for_each_irq_desc(i, desc) {
-		bool affinity_broken = false;
-
-		if (!desc)
-			continue;
+		bool affinity_broken;
 
 		raw_spin_lock(&desc->lock);
 		affinity_broken = migrate_one_irq(desc);