diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 590e5cb6a7d0..d1db89fc6f67 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -449,12 +449,11 @@ ssize_t __kernel_read(struct file *file, void *buf, size_t count, loff_t *pos)
 		return warn_unsupported(file, "read");
 
 	init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, file);
-	kiocb.ki_pos = pos ? *pos : 0;
+	kiocb.ki_pos = *pos;
 	iov_iter_kvec(&iter, READ, &iov, 1, iov.iov_len);
 	ret = file->f_op->read_iter(&kiocb, &iter);
 	if (ret > 0) {
-		if (pos)
-			*pos = kiocb.ki_pos;
+		*pos = kiocb.ki_pos;
 		fsnotify_access(file);
 		add_rchar(current, ret);
 	}