diff --git a/net/ipv4/esp4_offload.c b/net/ipv4/esp4_offload.c
index 5bda5aeda579..601f5fbfc63f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/esp4_offload.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/esp4_offload.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static int esp_xmit(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb,  netdev_features_
 	esp.esph = ip_esp_hdr(skb);
 
 
-	if (!hw_offload || (hw_offload && !skb_is_gso(skb))) {
+	if (!hw_offload || !skb_is_gso(skb)) {
 		esp.nfrags = esp_output_head(x, skb, &esp);
 		if (esp.nfrags < 0)
 			return esp.nfrags;