1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/xpc_partition.c b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/xpc_partition.c
index 94211429fd0c..2a89cfce4954 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/xpc_partition.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/xpc_partition.c
@@ -136,9 +136,7 @@ xpc_get_rsvd_page_pa(int nasid)
                 }
 
                 if (L1_CACHE_ALIGN(len) > buf_len) {
-                        if (buf_base != NULL) {
-                                kfree(buf_base);
-                        }
+                        kfree(buf_base);
                         buf_len = L1_CACHE_ALIGN(len);
                         buf = (u64) xpc_kmalloc_cacheline_aligned(buf_len,
                                                         GFP_KERNEL, &buf_base);
@@ -159,9 +157,7 @@ xpc_get_rsvd_page_pa(int nasid)
                 }
         }
 
-        if (buf_base != NULL) {
-                kfree(buf_base);
-        }
+        kfree(buf_base);
 
         if (status != SALRET_OK) {
                 rp_pa = 0;