diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c
index 95d0cc49cfc2..b16d70aafd9e 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c
@@ -649,8 +649,7 @@ static void free_device(struct nandsim *ns)
 				kmem_cache_free(ns->nand_pages_slab,
 						ns->pages[i].byte);
 		}
-		if (ns->nand_pages_slab)
-			kmem_cache_destroy(ns->nand_pages_slab);
+		kmem_cache_destroy(ns->nand_pages_slab);
 		vfree(ns->pages);
 	}
 }