/* Model description. */
        eiter = (struct ct_fdmi_hba_attr *) (entries + size);
        eiter->type = __constant_cpu_to_be16(FDMI_HBA_MODEL_DESCRIPTION);
-       if (ha->model_desc)
-               strncpy(eiter->a.model_desc, ha->model_desc, 80);
+       strncpy(eiter->a.model_desc, ha->model_desc, 80);
        alen = strlen(eiter->a.model_desc);
        alen += (alen & 3) ? (4 - (alen & 3)) : 4;
        eiter->len = cpu_to_be16(4 + alen);
 
        qla2x00_dfs_setup(base_vha);
 
        ql_log(ql_log_info, base_vha, 0x00fb,
-           "QLogic %s - %s.\n",
-           ha->model_number, ha->model_desc ? ha->model_desc : "");
+           "QLogic %s - %s.\n", ha->model_number, ha->model_desc);
        ql_log(ql_log_info, base_vha, 0x00fc,
            "ISP%04X: %s @ %s hdma%c host#=%ld fw=%s.\n",
            pdev->device, ha->isp_ops->pci_info_str(base_vha, pci_info),