diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sched_job.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sched_job.c
index 9628f9deb3c01..55d47450b2c6f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sched_job.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sched_job.c
@@ -89,8 +89,7 @@ static void xe_sched_job_free_fences(struct xe_sched_job *job)
 
 		if (ptrs->lrc_fence)
 			xe_lrc_free_seqno_fence(ptrs->lrc_fence);
-		if (ptrs->chain_fence)
-			dma_fence_chain_free(ptrs->chain_fence);
+		dma_fence_chain_free(ptrs->chain_fence);
 	}
 }