diff --git a/net/ipx/af_ipx.c b/net/ipx/af_ipx.c
index 824d4a3338ae..dfd6faaf0ea7 100644
--- a/net/ipx/af_ipx.c
+++ b/net/ipx/af_ipx.c
@@ -1901,9 +1901,7 @@ static int ipx_ioctl(struct socket *sock, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 			      (const unsigned short __user *)argp);
 		break;
 	case SIOCGSTAMP:
-		rc = -EINVAL;
-		if (sk)
-			rc = sock_get_timestamp(sk, argp);
+		rc = sock_get_timestamp(sk, argp);
 		break;
 	case SIOCGIFDSTADDR:
 	case SIOCSIFDSTADDR: