diff --git a/net/decnet/af_decnet.c b/net/decnet/af_decnet.c
index 12bf7d4c16c641dd31a33904331b43d0069a666f..963da86d4ecff1a0d356c6ab028e658a1fd1d12a 100644
--- a/net/decnet/af_decnet.c
+++ b/net/decnet/af_decnet.c
@@ -2071,8 +2071,7 @@ static int dn_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	}
 out:
 
-	if (skb)
-		kfree_skb(skb);
+	kfree_skb(skb);
 
 	release_sock(sk);