diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index b8da5ddb3a0a359d3ebfdabfa529845ae0dccb00..5c97d0ea9e22e617d1529af99d48cf5cf9aab071 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -120,14 +120,14 @@ nfsd_cross_mnt(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct dentry **dpp,
 		mntput(mnt);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	if (exp2 && ((exp->ex_flags & NFSEXP_CROSSMOUNT) || EX_NOHIDE(exp2))) {
+	if ((exp->ex_flags & NFSEXP_CROSSMOUNT) || EX_NOHIDE(exp2)) {
 		/* successfully crossed mount point */
 		exp_put(exp);
 		*expp = exp2;
 		dput(dentry);
 		*dpp = mounts;
 	} else {
-		if (exp2) exp_put(exp2);
+		exp_put(exp2);
 		dput(mounts);
 	}
 	mntput(mnt);