diff --git a/hw/scsi-disk.c b/hw/scsi-disk.c
index f8d7ef3374..96db9a73c7 100644
--- a/hw/scsi-disk.c
+++ b/hw/scsi-disk.c
@@ -85,9 +85,7 @@ static void scsi_free_request(SCSIRequest *req)
 {
     SCSIDiskReq *r = DO_UPCAST(SCSIDiskReq, req, req);
 
-    if (r->iov.iov_base) {
-        qemu_vfree(r->iov.iov_base);
-    }
+    qemu_vfree(r->iov.iov_base);
 }
 
 /* Helper function for command completion with sense.  */