diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index 35c70c9e24d..e49a288fa47 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ static void irq_thread_dtor(struct callback_head *unused)
 	action = kthread_data(tsk);
 
 	pr_err("exiting task \"%s\" (%d) is an active IRQ thread (irq %d)\n",
-	       tsk->comm ? tsk->comm : "", tsk->pid, action->irq);
+	       tsk->comm, tsk->pid, action->irq);
 
 
 	desc = irq_to_desc(action->irq);