diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
index 1b476d1fec2c03482fa1478643d8fe2b6297a4ea..b590499f6883294525b094cb66c4449069eb2353 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ static int brcmf_rx_hdrpull(struct brcmf_pub *drvr, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	ret = brcmf_proto_hdrpull(drvr, true, skb, ifp);
 
 	if (ret || !(*ifp) || !(*ifp)->ndev) {
-		if (ret != -ENODATA && ifp)
+		if (ret != -ENODATA && *ifp)
 			(*ifp)->stats.rx_errors++;
 		brcmu_pkt_buf_free_skb(skb);
 		return -ENODATA;