1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/autofs4/inode.c b/fs/autofs4/inode.c
index 0a3c05d10167..818b37be5153 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/inode.c
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@
 
 static void ino_lnkfree(struct autofs_info *ino)
 {
-        if (ino->u.symlink) {
-                kfree(ino->u.symlink);
-                ino->u.symlink = NULL;
-        }
+        kfree(ino->u.symlink);
+        ino->u.symlink = NULL;
 }
 
 struct autofs_info *autofs4_init_ino(struct autofs_info *ino,