diff --git a/drivers/staging/winbond/wb35reg.c b/drivers/staging/winbond/wb35reg.c
index 42ae61014522..da595f16f634 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/winbond/wb35reg.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/winbond/wb35reg.c
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ unsigned char Wb35Reg_BurstWrite(struct hw_data *pHwData, u16 RegisterNo, u32 *p
 	} else {
 		if (urb)
 			usb_free_urb(urb);
-		if (reg_queue)
-			kfree(reg_queue);
+		kfree(reg_queue);
 		return false;
 	}
    return false;