diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 5ea6e7d600e46edcd1eec808324640ab8b7099ed..6a06b5d040e5dd8ffab230a3f3ae74bfa6935233 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -895,8 +895,7 @@ int elv_register(struct elevator_type *e)
 	spin_lock(&elv_list_lock);
 	if (elevator_find(e->elevator_name, e->uses_mq)) {
 		spin_unlock(&elv_list_lock);
-		if (e->icq_cache)
-			kmem_cache_destroy(e->icq_cache);
+		kmem_cache_destroy(e->icq_cache);
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 	list_add_tail(&e->list, &elv_list);