diff --git a/reactos/base/system/smss/smsubsys.c b/reactos/base/system/smss/smsubsys.c
index acf303d0bce..819ebe3392b 100644
--- a/reactos/base/system/smss/smsubsys.c
+++ b/reactos/base/system/smss/smsubsys.c
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ Quickie2:
     {
         RemoveEntryList(&NewSubsystem->Entry);
         NtSetEvent(NewSubsystem->Event, 0);
-        if (NewSubsystem) SmpDereferenceSubsystem(NewSubsystem);
+        SmpDereferenceSubsystem(NewSubsystem);
     }
 
     /* Finally, we're all done! */