diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/r8192E_core.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/r8192E_core.c
index 681488bf6534..d4fa65489655 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/r8192E_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/r8192E_core.c
@@ -1763,8 +1763,6 @@ static void rtl8192_qos_activate(struct work_struct * work)
 	u8  u1bAIFS;
 	u32 u4bAcParam;
         int i;
-        if (priv == NULL)
-                return;
 
         mutex_lock(&priv->mutex);
         if(priv->ieee80211->state != IEEE80211_LINKED)