diff --git a/net/rds/tcp.c b/net/rds/tcp.c
index b9bbcf3d6c639..c16f0a362c32c 100644
--- a/net/rds/tcp.c
+++ b/net/rds/tcp.c
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ static void __net_exit rds_tcp_exit_net(struct net *net)
 	if (rtn->rds_tcp_sysctl)
 		unregister_net_sysctl_table(rtn->rds_tcp_sysctl);
 
-	if (net != &init_net && rtn->ctl_table)
+	if (net != &init_net)
 		kfree(rtn->ctl_table);
 }