diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_synctty.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_synctty.c
index 9e440e110e9f..b90ae0583c84 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_synctty.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_synctty.c
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ ppp_sync_txmunge(struct syncppp *ap, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	ap->last_xmit = jiffies;
 
-	if (skb && ap->flags & SC_LOG_OUTPKT)
+	if (ap->flags & SC_LOG_OUTPKT)
 		ppp_print_buffer ("send buffer", skb->data, skb->len);
 
 	return skb;