diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_offload.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_offload.c
index 50cd660732c5..84604aff53ce 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_offload.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_offload.c
@@ -1302,8 +1302,7 @@ void cxgb3_offload_deactivate(struct adapter *adapter)
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(tdev->l2opt, NULL);
 	call_rcu(&d->rcu_head, clean_l2_data);
-	if (t->nofail_skb)
-		kfree_skb(t->nofail_skb);
+	kfree_skb(t->nofail_skb);
 	kfree(t);
 }