diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index f61a7c8..b420fb4 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@
 	}
 
 err_exit:
-	if (result && q)
+	if (result)
 		acpi_ec_delete_query(q);
 	if (data)
 		*data = value;