diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
index edc673e78114..9341298b2a70 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
@@ -2680,7 +2680,7 @@ static int xfrm_expand_policies(const struct flowi *fl, u16 family,
 	*num_xfrms = pols[0]->xfrm_nr;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_XFRM_SUB_POLICY
-	if (pols[0] && pols[0]->action == XFRM_POLICY_ALLOW &&
+	if (pols[0]->action == XFRM_POLICY_ALLOW &&
 	    pols[0]->type != XFRM_POLICY_TYPE_MAIN) {
 		pols[1] = xfrm_policy_lookup_bytype(xp_net(pols[0]),
 						    XFRM_POLICY_TYPE_MAIN,