diff --git a/fs/lockd/svc4proc.c b/fs/lockd/svc4proc.c
index 385437e3387d..006a832d46f2 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/svc4proc.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/svc4proc.c
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@ nlm4svc_retrieve_args(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nlm_args *argp,
 	return 0;
 
 no_locks:
-	if (host)
-		nlm_release_host(host);
+	nlm_release_host(host);
  	if (error)
 		return error;	
 	return nlm_lck_denied_nolocks;
diff --git a/fs/lockd/svcproc.c b/fs/lockd/svcproc.c
index 88379cc6e0b1..fce3d7039625 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/svcproc.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/svcproc.c
@@ -87,8 +87,7 @@ nlmsvc_retrieve_args(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nlm_args *argp,
 	return 0;
 
 no_locks:
-	if (host)
-		nlm_release_host(host);
+	nlm_release_host(host);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 	return nlm_lck_denied_nolocks;