diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 7690c29d4ee4..0749211d5552 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 						 str);
 			} else {
 				audit_log_format(ab, " data=");
-				if (data_len > 0 && str[data_len - 1] == '\0')
+				if (str[data_len - 1] == '\0')
 					data_len--;
 				audit_log_n_untrustedstring(ab, str, data_len);
 			}