diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c
index 484d20af2420..630fdc33d58a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c
@@ -246,8 +246,7 @@ void _rtw_free_xmit_priv(struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv)
 		pxmitbuf++;
 	}
 
-	if (pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmit_extbuf)
-		vfree(pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmit_extbuf);
+	vfree(pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmit_extbuf);
 
 	rtw_free_hwxmits(padapter);