diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
index ad429683fef771f2f05da51518b9f0383279d7c2..3aef12742a53b895fac7be63651643d5db9325e2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
@@ -468,8 +468,7 @@ void qxl_user_framebuffer_destroy(struct drm_framebuffer *fb)
 {
 	struct qxl_framebuffer *qxl_fb = to_qxl_framebuffer(fb);
 
-	if (qxl_fb->obj)
-		drm_gem_object_unreference_unlocked(qxl_fb->obj);
+	drm_gem_object_unreference_unlocked(qxl_fb->obj);
 	drm_framebuffer_cleanup(fb);
 	kfree(qxl_fb);
 }