diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
index c670591995e6f..45a3e5cadc7da 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ int msm_ioctl_gem_submit(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	struct msm_drm_private *priv = dev->dev_private;
 	struct drm_msm_gem_submit *args = data;
 	struct msm_file_private *ctx = file->driver_priv;
-	struct msm_gem_submit *submit = NULL;
+	struct msm_gem_submit *submit;
 	struct msm_gpu *gpu = priv->gpu;
 	struct msm_gpu_submitqueue *queue;
 	struct msm_ringbuffer *ring;
@@ -946,8 +946,7 @@ int msm_ioctl_gem_submit(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		put_unused_fd(out_fence_fd);
 	mutex_unlock(&queue->lock);
 out_post_unlock:
-	if (submit)
-		msm_gem_submit_put(submit);
+	msm_gem_submit_put(submit);
 	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(post_deps)) {
 		for (i = 0; i < args->nr_out_syncobjs; ++i) {
 			kfree(post_deps[i].chain);