1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ntfs/namei.c b/fs/ntfs/namei.c
index d261e25bd9ba..351dbc3b6e40 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/namei.c
@@ -153,8 +153,7 @@ static struct dentry *ntfs_lookup(struct inode *dir_ino, struct dentry *dent,
                         ntfs_error(vol->sb, "ntfs_iget(0x%lx) failed with "
                                         "error code %li.", dent_ino,
                                         PTR_ERR(dent_inode));
-                if (name)
-                        kfree(name);
+                kfree(name);
                 /* Return the error code. */
                 return (struct dentry *)dent_inode;
         }