diff --git a/drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main_26.c b/drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main_26.c
index d56ef1425f6b..23a3bd70268c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main_26.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main_26.c
@@ -2085,7 +2085,7 @@ static int __init xgifb_init(void)
 {
 	char *option = NULL;
 
-	if (forcecrt2type != NULL)
+	if (forcecrt2type)
 		XGIfb_search_crt2type(forcecrt2type);
 	if (fb_get_options("xgifb", &option))
 		return -ENODEV;