diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index 7c15729d9d25..b02eb842b42e 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@ static int do_mq_notify(mqd_t mqdes, const struct sigevent *notification)
 out:
 	if (sock)
 		netlink_detachskb(sock, nc);
-	else if (nc)
+	else
 		dev_kfree_skb(nc);
 
 	return ret;