diff --git a/linker/linker.cpp b/linker/linker.cpp
index 4c98afe6e..f3ca7610d 100644
--- a/linker/linker.cpp
+++ b/linker/linker.cpp
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ const ElfW(Sym)* dlsym_linear_lookup(const char* name,
   soinfo* start = solist;
 
   if (handle == RTLD_NEXT) {
-    if (caller == nullptr || caller->next == nullptr) {
+    if (caller == nullptr) {
       return nullptr;
     } else {
       start = caller->next;