Unneeded NULL check

The check is unneccesary, we read the value at the start of the
thread, use it, and never change it.  The value is checked to be
non-NULL before thread creation.

Spotted by coverity, CID 1339211

Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
