diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_fcoe.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_fcoe.c
index 631c603fc966..5f988703e1b7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_fcoe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_fcoe.c
@@ -620,8 +620,7 @@ static void ixgbe_fcoe_dma_pool_free(struct ixgbe_fcoe *fcoe, unsigned int cpu)
 	struct ixgbe_fcoe_ddp_pool *ddp_pool;
 
 	ddp_pool = per_cpu_ptr(fcoe->ddp_pool, cpu);
-	if (ddp_pool->pool)
-		dma_pool_destroy(ddp_pool->pool);
+	dma_pool_destroy(ddp_pool->pool);
 	ddp_pool->pool = NULL;
 }