1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/sound/isa/ad1848/ad1848_lib.c b/sound/isa/ad1848/ad1848_lib.c
index d4b0e580557e..e0f8baa843b9 100644
--- a/sound/isa/ad1848/ad1848_lib.c
+++ b/sound/isa/ad1848/ad1848_lib.c
@@ -1202,10 +1202,8 @@ int snd_ad1848_add_ctl(struct snd_ad1848 *chip, const char *name, int index, int
         strlcpy(ctl->id.name, name, sizeof(ctl->id.name));
         ctl->id.index = index;
         ctl->private_value = value;
-        if ((err = snd_ctl_add(chip->card, ctl)) < 0) {
-                snd_ctl_free_one(ctl);
+        if ((err = snd_ctl_add(chip->card, ctl)) < 0)
                 return err;
-        }
         return 0;
 }