diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c
index 42797ac6f7b1..cc5cfd156758 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c
@@ -256,8 +256,7 @@ static int hdr_check(struct rxe_pkt_info *pkt)
 	return 0;
 
 err2:
-	if (qp)
-		rxe_drop_ref(qp);
+	rxe_drop_ref(qp);
 err1:
 	return -EINVAL;
 }