1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/lockd/clntproc.c b/fs/lockd/clntproc.c
index 87332f30141b..c5a33648e9fd 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/clntproc.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/clntproc.c
@@ -112,8 +112,7 @@ static struct nlm_lockowner *nlm_find_lockowner(struct nlm_host *host, fl_owner_
                 }
         }
         spin_unlock(&host->h_lock);
-        if (new != NULL)
-                kfree(new);
+        kfree(new);
         return res;
 }