diff --git a/src/modules/ctl/ctrl_socks.c b/src/modules/ctl/ctrl_socks.c
index 9e800a907b4..f9d559564bd 100644
--- a/src/modules/ctl/ctrl_socks.c
+++ b/src/modules/ctl/ctrl_socks.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ struct id_list* parse_listen_id(char* l, int len, enum socket_protos def)
 					proto=UDP_SOCK;
 					DBG("guess:%s is a tcp socket\n", name);
 			}
-		}else if (name && strchr(name, '/')){
+		}else if (strchr(name, '/')){
 			switch(def){
 				case TCP_SOCK:
 				case UDP_SOCK: