1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/sound/usb/usbmixer.c b/sound/usb/usbmixer.c
index 83ba665e5c6e..e73c1c9d3e73 100644
--- a/sound/usb/usbmixer.c
+++ b/sound/usb/usbmixer.c
@@ -623,10 +623,8 @@ static struct usb_feature_control_info audio_feature_info[] = {
 /* private_free callback */
 static void usb_mixer_elem_free(snd_kcontrol_t *kctl)
 {
-        if (kctl->private_data) {
-                kfree(kctl->private_data);
-                kctl->private_data = NULL;
-        }
+        kfree(kctl->private_data);
+        kctl->private_data = NULL;
 }