diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 3edbfa0233e6..2fa54cfd4882 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -6575,7 +6575,7 @@ __be32 manage_cpntf_state(struct nfsd_net *nn, stateid_t *st,
 	spin_unlock(&nn->s2s_cp_lock);
 	if (!state)
 		return nfserr_bad_stateid;
-	if (!clp && state)
+	if (!clp)
 		*cps = state;
 	return 0;
 }