diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c
index 7a5b0e676cc7a4b1c1d9a65c76d66ba2f23a1f32..3b792c5023d0a96a6503352f8908cf71e2fd6a11 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ static long hfi1_file_ioctl(struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd,
 				    sizeof(struct hfi1_base_info));
 		break;
 	case HFI1_IOCTL_CREDIT_UPD:
-		if (uctxt && uctxt->sc)
+		if (uctxt)
 			sc_return_credits(uctxt->sc);
 		break;