diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
index 7b0a735562645cf042cfb312ace5018180d94559..30e8608ff05079c3083ba2a6783070e056e36571 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
@@ -1630,8 +1630,7 @@ static int axienet_of_remove(struct platform_device *op)
 	axienet_mdio_teardown(lp);
 	unregister_netdev(ndev);
 
-	if (lp->phy_node)
-		of_node_put(lp->phy_node);
+	of_node_put(lp->phy_node);
 	lp->phy_node = NULL;
 
 	iounmap(lp->regs);