diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c b/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c
index 4de38bc03ab8..b6cf8ea1161d 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c
@@ -580,11 +580,9 @@ int mptcp_userspace_pm_set_flags(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto set_flags_err;
 
-	if (attr_rem) {
-		ret = mptcp_pm_parse_entry(attr_rem, info, false, &rem);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			goto set_flags_err;
-	}
+	ret = mptcp_pm_parse_entry(attr_rem, info, false, &rem);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto set_flags_err;
 
 	if (loc.addr.family == AF_UNSPEC ||
 	    rem.addr.family == AF_UNSPEC) {