diff --git a/drivers/md/linear.c b/drivers/md/linear.c
index b1941b8..8d74001 100644
--- a/drivers/md/linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/linear.c
@@ -217,8 +217,7 @@
 	return 0;
 
 out:
-	if (conf)
-		kfree(conf);
+	kfree(conf);
 	return 1;
 }