diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_request.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_request.c
index 1a4ef9df33c3..cbbdfceb9b2a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_request.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_request.c
@@ -1644,8 +1644,7 @@ out:
 		llog_cat_close(NULL, llh);
 	if (ctxt)
 		llog_ctxt_put(ctxt);
-	if (cs->cs_buf)
-		kfree(cs->cs_buf);
+	kfree(cs->cs_buf);
 	kfree(cs);
 	return rc;
 }