1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/unlink.c b/fs/nfs/unlink.c
index f732541a3332..d639d172d568 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/unlink.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/unlink.c
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ nfs_put_unlinkdata(struct nfs_unlinkdata *data)
 {
         if (--data->count == 0) {
                 nfs_detach_unlinkdata(data);
-                if (data->name.name != NULL)
-                        kfree(data->name.name);
+                kfree(data->name.name);
                 kfree(data);
         }
 }