1 files changed, 0 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/ad1836.c b/sound/soc/codecs/ad1836.c
index c71b05ddd752..e5d3db950a08 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/ad1836.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/ad1836.c
@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@ static int ad1836_probe(struct snd_soc_codec *codec)
         if (ret < 0) {
                 dev_err(codec->dev, "failed to set cache I/O: %d\n",
                                 ret);
-                kfree(ad1836);
                 return ret;
         }