diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
index ee15c68..3d2884b 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
@@ -1105,8 +1105,7 @@
 		goto out;
 
 out:
-	if (fw)
-		release_firmware(fw);
+	release_firmware(fw);
 	/* allow rproc_unregister() contexts, if any, to proceed */
 	complete_all(&rproc->firmware_loading_complete);
 }