diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c b/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
index e0876bc9aacd..fe9fb80c6a14 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ static int nvme_uring_cmd_io(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_ns *ns,
 		return PTR_ERR(req);
 	req->timeout = d.timeout_ms ? msecs_to_jiffies(d.timeout_ms) : 0;
 
-	if (d.addr && d.data_len) {
+	if (d.data_len) {
 		ret = nvme_map_user_request(req, d.addr,
 			d.data_len, nvme_to_user_ptr(d.metadata),
 			d.metadata_len, ioucmd, vec, issue_flags);