diff --git a/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_hostif.c b/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_hostif.c
index 38ea7a27bc08..d329735fda1d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_hostif.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_hostif.c
@@ -2608,8 +2608,7 @@ void hostif_sme_task(unsigned long dev)
 	DPRINTK(3, "\n");
 
 	if (priv->dev_state >= DEVICE_STATE_BOOT) {
-		if (cnt_smeqbody(priv) > 0
-		    && priv->dev_state >= DEVICE_STATE_BOOT) {
+		if (cnt_smeqbody(priv) > 0) {
 			hostif_sme_execute(priv,
 					   priv->sme_i.event_buff[priv->sme_i.
 								  qhead]);