diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/reservation.c b/drivers/dma-buf/reservation.c
index 393817e849ed2a662e8696867bb1297dad9c5397..87f8f57475007b836370f1c0b28172595d8d032c 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/reservation.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/reservation.c
@@ -195,8 +195,7 @@ reservation_object_add_shared_replace(struct reservation_object *obj,
 	if (old)
 		kfree_rcu(old, rcu);
 
-	if (old_fence)
-		dma_fence_put(old_fence);
+	dma_fence_put(old_fence);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -258,8 +257,7 @@ void reservation_object_add_excl_fence(struct reservation_object *obj,
 		dma_fence_put(rcu_dereference_protected(old->shared[i],
 						reservation_object_held(obj)));
 
-	if (old_fence)
-		dma_fence_put(old_fence);
+	dma_fence_put(old_fence);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(reservation_object_add_excl_fence);