diff --git a/src/tcpcheck.c b/src/tcpcheck.c
index 28cdd94f2..f307c814b 100644
--- a/src/tcpcheck.c
+++ b/src/tcpcheck.c
@@ -1462,7 +1462,7 @@ enum tcpcheck_eval_ret tcpcheck_eval_connect(struct check *check, struct tcpchec
 		: ((connect->options & TCPCHK_OPT_DEFAULT_CONNECT) ? check->xprt : xprt_get(XPRT_RAW)));
 
 #ifdef USE_OPENSSL
-	if (xprt && xprt->get_ssl_sock_ctx) {
+	if (xprt->get_ssl_sock_ctx) {
 		if (connect->sni)
 			sni = ist(connect->sni);
 		else if ((connect->options & TCPCHK_OPT_DEFAULT_CONNECT) && s && s->check.sni)