diff --git a/wpa_supplicant-2.9_standard/src/crypto/tls_openssl.c b/wpa_supplicant-2.9_standard/src/crypto/tls_openssl.c
index 48c3dd1463f318ee1f267b53ff12215ebc9332a1..ed4655f7942dc2e751a5ce40c2e1098d7747083b 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant-2.9_standard/src/crypto/tls_openssl.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant-2.9_standard/src/crypto/tls_openssl.c
@@ -3367,9 +3367,7 @@ static int tls_connection_client_cert(struct tls_connection *conn,
             return -1;
         }
 
-        if (bio) {
-            x509 = PEM_read_bio_X509(bio, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-        }
+        x509 = PEM_read_bio_X509(bio, NULL, NULL, NULL);
         if (x509) {
             if (SSL_use_certificate(conn->ssl, x509) == 1) {
                 ret = 0;