diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c
index 03b32b05ab15..33bb1f2b63e4 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c
@@ -900,10 +900,9 @@ static int scan_peb(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_attach_info *ai,
 		 * number.
 		 */
 		image_seq = be32_to_cpu(ech->image_seq);
-		if (!ubi->image_seq && image_seq)
+		if (!ubi->image_seq)
 			ubi->image_seq = image_seq;
-		if (ubi->image_seq && image_seq &&
-		    ubi->image_seq != image_seq) {
+		if (image_seq && ubi->image_seq != image_seq) {
 			ubi_err("bad image sequence number %d in PEB %d, expected %d",
 				image_seq, pnum, ubi->image_seq);
 			ubi_dump_ec_hdr(ech);