diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
index 02d315fef432a73c5f9af130c37dd2b0c60b3852..50a59d2337b259f8bb078d76bc2e3cd2692675cb 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ static int dlm_query_join_handler(struct o2net_msg *msg, u32 len, void *data,
 	 * to be put in someone's domain map.
 	 * Also, explicitly disallow joining at certain troublesome
 	 * times (ie. during recovery). */
-	if (dlm && dlm->dlm_state != DLM_CTXT_LEAVING) {
+	if (dlm->dlm_state != DLM_CTXT_LEAVING) {
 		int bit = query->node_idx;
 		spin_lock(&dlm->spinlock);