diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_trace.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_trace.c
index e1b15e7a5793f6b877f63a95dc20ce2626caf7f5..0c3a0049e4aa2b9a325f756e5e7a100132378288 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_trace.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_trace.c
@@ -217,14 +217,11 @@ void nft_trace_notify(struct nft_traceinfo *info)
 	if (trace_fill_id(skb, pkt->skb))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	if (info->chain) {
-		if (nla_put_string(skb, NFTA_TRACE_CHAIN,
-				   info->chain->name))
-			goto nla_put_failure;
-		if (nla_put_string(skb, NFTA_TRACE_TABLE,
-				   info->chain->table->name))
-			goto nla_put_failure;
-	}
+	if (nla_put_string(skb, NFTA_TRACE_CHAIN, info->chain->name))
+		goto nla_put_failure;
+
+	if (nla_put_string(skb, NFTA_TRACE_TABLE, info->chain->table->name))
+		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	if (nf_trace_fill_rule_info(skb, info))
 		goto nla_put_failure;