1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/tipc/name_distr.c b/net/tipc/name_distr.c
index 953307a9df1d..a3bbc891f959 100644
--- a/net/tipc/name_distr.c
+++ b/net/tipc/name_distr.c
@@ -229,8 +229,7 @@ static void node_is_down(struct publication *publ)
                                      publ->node, publ->ref, publ->key);
         assert(p == publ);
         write_unlock_bh(&tipc_nametbl_lock);
-        if (publ)
-                kfree(publ);
+        kfree(publ);
 }
 
 /**