diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c
index 9043f72c21ba1301e5248cd22adc920e7f16b9ad..572ecada0f9353d0a8d5a207af8eb4a84e712bce 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c
@@ -1881,7 +1881,7 @@ int lprocfs_write_frac_u64_helper(const char *buffer, unsigned long count,
 	if (pbuf == end)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (end != NULL && *end == '.') {
+	if (*end == '.') {
 		int i;
 		pbuf = end + 1;