diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/uvesafb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/uvesafb.c
index f718627b368f23a247e4af55323f9e8cbc8e2fa0..d32d1c4d1b99f81a1962bb92bf7cc6b3e1ad77ff 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/uvesafb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/uvesafb.c
@@ -1922,8 +1922,7 @@ static int uvesafb_init(void)
 			err = -ENOMEM;
 
 		if (err) {
-			if (uvesafb_device)
-				platform_device_put(uvesafb_device);
+			platform_device_put(uvesafb_device);
 			platform_driver_unregister(&uvesafb_driver);
 			cn_del_callback(&uvesafb_cn_id);
 			return err;