diff --git a/sys/net/network_layer/ng_ndp/ng_ndp.c b/sys/net/network_layer/ng_ndp/ng_ndp.c
index 25dc636e124754f323023a0ae647c5507feb2935..c6efab4ccb75ee82d224271f262e5f11c0e61400 100644
--- a/sys/net/network_layer/ng_ndp/ng_ndp.c
+++ b/sys/net/network_layer/ng_ndp/ng_ndp.c
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ kernel_pid_t ng_ndp_next_hop_l2addr(uint8_t *l2addr, uint8_t *l2addr_len,
 
 #endif
 
-    if ((next_hop_ip == NULL)) {            /* no route to host */
+    if (next_hop_ip == NULL) {            /* no route to host */
         if (iface == KERNEL_PID_UNDEF) {
             /* ng_ipv6_netif_t doubles as prefix list */
             iface = ng_ipv6_netif_find_by_prefix(&prefix, dst);