diff --git a/net/ax25/af_ax25.c b/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
index 17f192b778677ebe79bd90a30084fbb7d46e4fd4..9c487311e0a9e7a88354f84e0b75a1fb8aef6b57 100644
--- a/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
+++ b/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
@@ -1700,11 +1700,7 @@ static int ax25_ioctl(struct socket *sock, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	}
 
 	case SIOCGSTAMP:
-		if (sk != NULL) {
-			res = sock_get_timestamp(sk, argp);
-			break;
-	 	}
-		res = -EINVAL;
+		res = sock_get_timestamp(sk, argp);
 		break;
 
 	case SIOCAX25ADDUID:	/* Add a uid to the uid/call map table */
diff --git a/net/netrom/af_netrom.c b/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
index f4578c759ffcc3350ebbd708c7f0a2ffef52c587..02b1ab52dbbf1b363174faf7111d61a6156304e6 100644
--- a/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
+++ b/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
@@ -1187,9 +1187,7 @@ static int nr_ioctl(struct socket *sock, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	}
 
 	case SIOCGSTAMP:
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		if (sk != NULL)
-			ret = sock_get_timestamp(sk, argp);
+		ret = sock_get_timestamp(sk, argp);
 		release_sock(sk);
 		return ret;
 
diff --git a/net/rose/af_rose.c b/net/rose/af_rose.c
index 3077878ed4f09fdc1a9a1bcf0b1303084f098641..977f99a9cfc0f8ccf94efc49a76f8fbc95b2b656 100644
--- a/net/rose/af_rose.c
+++ b/net/rose/af_rose.c
@@ -1256,9 +1256,7 @@ static int rose_ioctl(struct socket *sock, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	}
 
 	case SIOCGSTAMP:
-		if (sk != NULL) 
-			return sock_get_timestamp(sk, (struct timeval __user *)argp);
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return sock_get_timestamp(sk, (struct timeval __user *)argp);
 
 	case SIOCGIFADDR:
 	case SIOCSIFADDR: