diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index b095094c0842..4959dbe740f7 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -3997,7 +3997,7 @@ cifs_read(struct file *file, char *read_data, size_t read_size, loff_t *offset)
 			 * than it negotiated since it will refuse the read
 			 * then.
 			 */
-			if ((tcon->ses) && !(tcon->ses->capabilities &
+			if (!(tcon->ses->capabilities &
 				tcon->ses->server->vals->cap_large_files)) {
 				current_read_size = min_t(uint,
 					current_read_size, CIFSMaxBufSize);