diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/matroxfb_base.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/matroxfb_base.c
index 11eb094396aea32f206b60ab2b99df90c3c8d2c4..f6a0b9af97a90b3fa3989c480b3934d9bec0ed9b 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/matroxfb_base.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/matroxfb_base.c
@@ -2001,7 +2001,7 @@ static void matroxfb_register_device(struct matrox_fb_info* minfo) {
 	for (drv = matroxfb_driver_l(matroxfb_driver_list.next);
 	     drv != matroxfb_driver_l(&matroxfb_driver_list);
 	     drv = matroxfb_driver_l(drv->node.next)) {
-		if (drv && drv->probe) {
+		if (drv->probe) {
 			void *p = drv->probe(minfo);
 			if (p) {
 				minfo->drivers_data[i] = p;