diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
index 6d193f3ee18b..c26785829245 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
@@ -900,8 +900,7 @@ static void nvmem_shift_read_buffer_in_place(struct nvmem_cell *cell, void *buf)
 		*p-- = 0;
 
 	/* clear msb bits if any leftover in the last byte */
-	if (cell->nbits%BITS_PER_BYTE)
-		*p &= GENMASK((cell->nbits%BITS_PER_BYTE) - 1, 0);
+	*p &= GENMASK((cell->nbits%BITS_PER_BYTE) - 1, 0);
 }
 
 static int __nvmem_cell_read(struct nvmem_device *nvmem,