1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index d4255be29bc6..0b73cd45a06d 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -469,18 +469,16 @@ static void ep_free(struct eventpoll *ep)
         }
 
         mutex_unlock(&epmutex);
-
         mutex_destroy(&ep->mtx);
+        kfree(ep);
 }
 
 static int ep_eventpoll_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
         struct eventpoll *ep = file->private_data;
 
-        if (ep) {
+        if (ep)
                 ep_free(ep);
-                kfree(ep);
-        }
 
         DNPRINTK(3, (KERN_INFO "[%p] eventpoll: close() ep=%p\n", current, ep));
         return 0;
@@ -1107,7 +1105,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_epoll_create(int size)
 
 error_free:
         ep_free(ep);
-        kfree(ep);
 error_return:
         DNPRINTK(3, (KERN_INFO "[%p] eventpoll: sys_epoll_create(%d) = %d\n",
                      current, size, error));