diff --git a/common/cmd_nand.c b/common/cmd_nand.c
index e142d7666151718e98162b4c19179b5f6704a8bc..ff5bc6e27d18ecf1367025bd59be59d7070a5601 100644
--- a/common/cmd_nand.c
+++ b/common/cmd_nand.c
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ int do_nand(cmd_tbl_t * cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 			else
 				ret = nand_write_skip_bad(nand, off, &size,
 							  (u_char *)addr);
-		} else if (s != NULL && !strcmp(s, ".oob")) {
+		} else if (!strcmp(s, ".oob")) {
 			/* out-of-band data */
 			mtd_oob_ops_t ops = {
 				.oobbuf = (u8 *)addr,