diff --git a/drivers/thermal/spear_thermal.c b/drivers/thermal/spear_thermal.c
index 603dadcd3df5..5e3e9c1f32f8 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/spear_thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/spear_thermal.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static int spear_thermal_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
 	int ret = 0, val;
 
-	if (!np || !of_property_read_u32(np, "st,thermal-flags", &val)) {
+	if (!np || of_property_read_u32(np, "st,thermal-flags", &val)) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed: DT Pdata not passed\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}