1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
index 3c57c1a18bb8..d593bc76afe3 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
@@ -772,10 +772,8 @@ static struct ccw_device * io_subchannel_create_ccwdev(struct subchannel *sch)
         cdev = io_subchannel_allocate_dev(sch);
         if (!IS_ERR(cdev)) {
                 ret = io_subchannel_initialize_dev(sch, cdev);
-                if (ret) {
-                        kfree(cdev);
+                if (ret)
                         cdev = ERR_PTR(ret);
-                }
         }
         return cdev;
 }