diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index beceb89f68d9..4af4986d3893 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ static int show_sid(struct seq_file *m, u32 sid)
 	rc = security_sid_to_context(&selinux_state, sid,
 					     &context, &len);
 	if (!rc) {
-		bool has_comma = context && strchr(context, ',');
+		bool has_comma = strchr(context, ',');
 
 		seq_putc(m, '=');
 		if (has_comma)