1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index 244ca56dffac..d9d5160610d5 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -261,8 +261,7 @@ static int ethtool_get_rxnfc(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
         ret = 0;
 
 err_out:
-        if (rule_buf)
-                kfree(rule_buf);
+        kfree(rule_buf);
 
         return ret;
 }