diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c
index 7d77217de6a3..251a9a44d189 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c
@@ -334,8 +334,7 @@ static const char *sip_skip_whitespace(const char *dptr, const char *limit)
 		if (*dptr != '\r' && *dptr != '\n')
 			break;
 		dptr = sip_follow_continuation(dptr, limit);
-		if (dptr == NULL)
-			return NULL;
+		break;
 	}
 	return dptr;
 }