1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/main.c b/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
index 7404584e65e1..9aa3b78067d3 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
@@ -165,10 +165,7 @@ static int mei_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
         file->private_data = NULL;
 
-        if (cb) {
-                mei_io_cb_free(cb);
-                cb = NULL;
-        }
+        mei_io_cb_free(cb);
 
         kfree(cl);
 out: