diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/tlb-r3k.c b/arch/mips/mm/tlb-r3k.c
index d657493ef561..4094bbd42adf 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/tlb-r3k.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/tlb-r3k.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ void local_flush_tlb_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long page)
 {
 	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
-	if (!vma || cpu_context(cpu, vma->vm_mm) != 0) {
+	if (cpu_context(cpu, vma->vm_mm) != 0) {
 		unsigned long flags;
 		int oldpid, newpid, idx;