1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mfd/max8998.c b/drivers/mfd/max8998.c
index 0d68de21ea9e..73e6f5c4efc9 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/max8998.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/max8998.c
@@ -89,10 +89,8 @@ static int max8998_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
         int ret = 0;
 
         max8998 = kzalloc(sizeof(struct max8998_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (max8998 == NULL) {
-                kfree(i2c);
+        if (max8998 == NULL)
                 return -ENOMEM;
-        }
 
         i2c_set_clientdata(i2c, max8998);
         max8998->dev = &i2c->dev;