diff --git a/drivers/staging/lttng/lib/ringbuffer/ring_buffer_mmap.c b/drivers/staging/lttng/lib/ringbuffer/ring_buffer_mmap.c
index cf374348d907..c9d6e89a7695 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lttng/lib/ringbuffer/ring_buffer_mmap.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lttng/lib/ringbuffer/ring_buffer_mmap.c
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@ static int lib_ring_buffer_mmap_buf(struct lib_ring_buffer *buf,
 	if (config->output != RING_BUFFER_MMAP)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (!buf)
-		return -EBADF;
-
 	mmap_buf_len = chan->backend.buf_size;
 	if (chan->backend.extra_reader_sb)
 		mmap_buf_len += chan->backend.subbuf_size;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lttng/lib/ringbuffer/ring_buffer_vfs.c b/drivers/staging/lttng/lib/ringbuffer/ring_buffer_vfs.c
index 1708ffd6bc9b..8b783052a5f6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lttng/lib/ringbuffer/ring_buffer_vfs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lttng/lib/ringbuffer/ring_buffer_vfs.c
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ int lib_ring_buffer_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	struct lib_ring_buffer *buf = inode->i_private;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!buf)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	ret = lib_ring_buffer_open_read(buf);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;