diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 0afae8ba413e4976966f357bea2783727761ac1a..7304ea8a1f13a15097619c68d14820e963695573 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1153,10 +1153,8 @@ int dev_set_alias(struct net_device *dev, const char *alias, size_t len)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (!len) {
-		if (dev->ifalias) {
-			kfree(dev->ifalias);
-			dev->ifalias = NULL;
-		}
+		kfree(dev->ifalias);
+		dev->ifalias = NULL;
 		return 0;
 	}