diff --git a/src/runtime/traceback.go b/src/runtime/traceback.go
index d7265b2bb9..9d2f7f037c 100644
--- a/src/runtime/traceback.go
+++ b/src/runtime/traceback.go
@@ -552,9 +552,7 @@ func gentraceback(pc0, sp0, lr0 uintptr, gp *g, skip int, pcbuf *uintptr, max in
 	// It's okay in those situations not to use up the entire defer stack:
 	// incomplete information then is still better than nothing.
 	if callback != nil && n < max && _defer != nil {
-		if _defer != nil {
-			print("runtime: g", gp.goid, ": leftover defer sp=", hex(_defer.sp), " pc=", hex(_defer.pc), "\n")
-		}
+		print("runtime: g", gp.goid, ": leftover defer sp=", hex(_defer.sp), " pc=", hex(_defer.pc), "\n")
 		for _defer = gp._defer; _defer != nil; _defer = _defer.link {
 			print("\tdefer ", _defer, " sp=", hex(_defer.sp), " pc=", hex(_defer.pc), "\n")
 		}