1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/mmtimer.c b/drivers/char/mmtimer.c
index 33dc2298af73..3d6c0671e996 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mmtimer.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mmtimer.c
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ static int __init mmtimer_init(void)
 
         /* Allocate list of node ptrs to mmtimer_t's */
         timers = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mmtimer_node)*maxn, GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (timers == NULL) {
+        if (!timers) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "%s: failed to allocate memory for device\n",
                                 MMTIMER_NAME);
                 goto out3;
@@ -848,7 +848,6 @@ static int __init mmtimer_init(void)
         return 0;
 
 out3:
-        kfree(timers);
         misc_deregister(&mmtimer_miscdev);
 out2:
         free_irq(SGI_MMTIMER_VECTOR, NULL);