diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sched.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sched.c
index 199760c71f39..e50221b9d95f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sched.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sched.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ struct ip_vs_scheduler *ip_vs_scheduler_get(const char *sched_name)
 
 void ip_vs_scheduler_put(struct ip_vs_scheduler *scheduler)
 {
-	if (scheduler && scheduler->module)
+	if (scheduler)
 		module_put(scheduler->module);
 }