diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_core.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_core.c
index c5e3abd24672..762f4d93936b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_core.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_core.c
@@ -66,10 +66,8 @@ ip_nat_proto_find_get(u_int8_t protonum)
 	 * removed until we've grabbed the reference */
 	preempt_disable();
 	p = __ip_nat_proto_find(protonum);
-	if (p) {
-		if (!try_module_get(p->me))
-			p = &ip_nat_unknown_protocol;
-	}
+	if (!try_module_get(p->me))
+		p = &ip_nat_unknown_protocol;
 	preempt_enable();
 
 	return p;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_proto_unknown.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_proto_unknown.c
index 99bbef56f84e..f0099a646a0b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_proto_unknown.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_proto_unknown.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ unknown_print_range(char *buffer, const struct ip_nat_range *range)
 
 struct ip_nat_protocol ip_nat_unknown_protocol = {
 	.name			= "unknown",
-	.me			= THIS_MODULE,
+	/* .me isn't set: getting a ref to this cannot fail. */
 	.manip_pkt		= unknown_manip_pkt,
 	.in_range		= unknown_in_range,
 	.unique_tuple		= unknown_unique_tuple,