diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c
index c3cd6f389a98..2a369fdaf0cb 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@ static void cfg_scan_result(enum scan_event scan_event,
 						info->frame_len,
 						(s32)info->rssi * 100,
 						GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!bss)
-			cfg80211_put_bss(wiphy, bss);
+		cfg80211_put_bss(wiphy, bss);
 	} else if (scan_event == SCAN_EVENT_DONE) {
 		mutex_lock(&priv->scan_req_lock);