1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
index f7dfc107cb7b..410d4804fa6e 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
@@ -4940,7 +4940,7 @@ abort_locked:
         if (call_made && PFM_CMD_RW_ARG(cmd) && copy_to_user(arg, args_k, base_sz*count)) ret = -EFAULT;
 
 error_args:
-        if (args_k) kfree(args_k);
+        kfree(args_k);
 
         DPRINT(("cmd=%s ret=%ld\n", PFM_CMD_NAME(cmd), ret));