diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index 78b329f07b3b..65cd7a84c8bc 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ SMB2_flush(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon, u64 persistent_fid,
 
 	rc = SendReceive2(xid, ses, iov, 1, &resp_buftype, 0);
 
-	if ((rc != 0) && tcon)
+	if (rc != 0)
 		cifs_stats_fail_inc(tcon, SMB2_FLUSH_HE);
 
 	free_rsp_buf(resp_buftype, iov[0].iov_base);