diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index dfd9c1b79a2f49e9331562330d1722bfc2ade07c..df6cd45a5f3799a882f28b7360913f7a122dd367 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2016-05-09  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_init_stub_bfd): Remove redundant NULL check.
+
 2016-05-06  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	PR ld/17550
diff --git a/bfd/elf64-ppc.c b/bfd/elf64-ppc.c
index a9f66d6e0901abae72279af4f462f4bc23d42b08..3717160d013f6a4235442571802b2fb2656883c5 100644
--- a/bfd/elf64-ppc.c
+++ b/bfd/elf64-ppc.c
@@ -4430,8 +4430,6 @@ ppc64_elf_init_stub_bfd (struct bfd_link_info *info,
    linker created stub bfd.  This ensures that the GOT header is at
    the start of the output TOC section.  */
   htab = ppc_hash_table (info);
-  if (htab == NULL)
-    return FALSE;
   htab->elf.dynobj = params->stub_bfd;
   htab->params = params;