diff --git a/fs/affs/super.c b/fs/affs/super.c
index 9fcff55c65af..47107c6712a6 100644
--- a/fs/affs/super.c
+++ b/fs/affs/super.c
@@ -561,14 +561,9 @@ affs_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 	int			 root_block;
 	unsigned long		 mount_flags;
 	int			 res = 0;
-	char			*new_opts;
 	char			 volume[32];
 	char			*prefix = NULL;
 
-	new_opts = kstrdup(data, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (data && !new_opts)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	pr_debug("%s(flags=0x%x,opts=\"%s\")\n", __func__, *flags, data);
 
 	sync_filesystem(sb);
@@ -579,7 +574,6 @@ affs_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 			   &blocksize, &prefix, volume,
 			   &mount_flags)) {
 		kfree(prefix);
-		kfree(new_opts);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}