diff --git a/sys/fs/fifofs/fifo_vnops.c b/sys/fs/fifofs/fifo_vnops.c
index f3a9c2289f40..387edbc09185 100644
--- a/sys/fs/fifofs/fifo_vnops.c
+++ b/sys/fs/fifofs/fifo_vnops.c
@@ -674,8 +674,7 @@ fifo_poll_f(struct file *fp, int events, struct ucred *cred, struct thread *td)
 
 		filetmp.f_data = fip->fi_readsock;
 		filetmp.f_cred = cred;
-		if (filetmp.f_data)
-			revents |= soo_poll(&filetmp, levents, cred, td);
+		revents |= soo_poll(&filetmp, levents, cred, td);
 
 		/* Reverse the above conversion. */
 		if ((revents & POLLINIGNEOF) && !(events & POLLINIGNEOF)) {
@@ -687,9 +686,7 @@ fifo_poll_f(struct file *fp, int events, struct ucred *cred, struct thread *td)
 	if ((fp->f_flag & FWRITE) && levents) {
 		filetmp.f_data = fip->fi_writesock;
 		filetmp.f_cred = cred;
-		if (filetmp.f_data) {
-			revents |= soo_poll(&filetmp, levents, cred, td);
-		}
+		revents |= soo_poll(&filetmp, levents, cred, td);
 	}
 	return (revents);
 }