1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ppc/syslib/prom.c b/arch/ppc/syslib/prom.c
index 278da6ee62ea..1b9aa0d6a924 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/syslib/prom.c
+++ b/arch/ppc/syslib/prom.c
@@ -1335,10 +1335,8 @@ release_OF_resource(struct device_node* node, int index)
         if (!res)
                 return -ENODEV;
 
-        if (res->name) {
-                kfree(res->name);
-                res->name = NULL;
-        }
+        kfree(res->name);
+        res->name = NULL;
         release_resource(res);
         kfree(res);