diff --git a/fs/lockd/svc4proc.c b/fs/lockd/svc4proc.c
index 385437e..006a832 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/svc4proc.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/svc4proc.c
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@
 	return 0;
 
 no_locks:
-	if (host)
-		nlm_release_host(host);
+	nlm_release_host(host);
  	if (error)
 		return error;	
 	return nlm_lck_denied_nolocks;