diff --git a/src/lxc/pam/pam_cgfs.c b/src/lxc/pam/pam_cgfs.c
index 5c272b0e8..d5196f8a0 100644
--- a/src/lxc/pam/pam_cgfs.c
+++ b/src/lxc/pam/pam_cgfs.c
@@ -525,9 +525,6 @@ static int recursive_rmdir(char *dirname)
 		struct stat st;
 		char *pathname;
 
-		if (!direntp)
-			break;
-
 		if (!strcmp(direntp->d_name, ".") ||
 		    !strcmp(direntp->d_name, ".."))
 			continue;