diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index d7504ab61a34c7ef6a51f8adce10e58c021408d0..eb660310ea7c77c63c7979d252e341a80c766dfa 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ static void ieee80211_send_assoc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 	}
 
 	/* if present, add any custom IEs that go before HT */
-	if (assoc_data->ie_len && assoc_data->ie) {
+	if (assoc_data->ie_len) {
 		static const u8 before_ht[] = {
 			WLAN_EID_SSID,
 			WLAN_EID_SUPP_RATES,
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ static void ieee80211_send_assoc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 				     &assoc_data->ap_vht_cap);
 
 	/* if present, add any custom non-vendor IEs that go after HT */
-	if (assoc_data->ie_len && assoc_data->ie) {
+	if (assoc_data->ie_len) {
 		noffset = ieee80211_ie_split_vendor(assoc_data->ie,
 						    assoc_data->ie_len,
 						    offset);
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ static void ieee80211_send_assoc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 	}
 
 	/* add any remaining custom (i.e. vendor specific here) IEs */
-	if (assoc_data->ie_len && assoc_data->ie) {
+	if (assoc_data->ie_len) {
 		noffset = assoc_data->ie_len;
 		pos = skb_put(skb, noffset - offset);
 		memcpy(pos, assoc_data->ie + offset, noffset - offset);