diff --git a/net/sched/cls_route.c b/net/sched/cls_route.c
index a35ab8c27866..758c21f9d628 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_route.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_route.c
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ static int route4_change(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *in_skb,
 	rcu_assign_pointer(f->next, f1);
 	rcu_assign_pointer(*fp, f);
 
-	if (fold && fold->handle && f->handle != fold->handle) {
+	if (fold && f->handle != fold->handle) {
 		th = to_hash(fold->handle);
 		h = from_hash(fold->handle >> 16);
 		b = rtnl_dereference(head->table[th]);