diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
index 225fd944a4efbcad30a489af66f0eb47ba877823..013ec3f0e42da5e7809bbe87edfad69a56347b4e 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
@@ -192,8 +192,6 @@ int ima_appraise_measurement(int func, struct integrity_iint_cache *iint,
 	enum integrity_status status = INTEGRITY_UNKNOWN;
 	int rc = xattr_len, hash_start = 0;
 
-	if (!ima_appraise)
-		return 0;
 	if (!inode->i_op->getxattr)
 		return INTEGRITY_UNKNOWN;