1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c b/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c
index 17212b4201a1..cc07bbebbb16 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c
@@ -568,12 +568,9 @@ int dm_create_persistent(struct exception_store *store, uint32_t chunk_size)
 
       bad:
         dm_io_put(sectors_to_pages(chunk_size));
-        if (ps) {
-                if (ps->area)
-                        free_area(ps);
-
-                kfree(ps);
-        }
+        if (ps && ps->area)
+                free_area(ps);
+        kfree(ps);
         return r;
 }