diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index b1732882b97e..f124a2d2bb9f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -1931,7 +1931,6 @@ static int try_smi_init(struct smi_info *new_smi)
 {
 	int rv = 0;
 	int i;
-	char *init_name = NULL;
 
 	pr_info("Trying %s-specified %s state machine at %s address 0x%lx, slave address 0x%x, irq %d\n",
 		ipmi_addr_src_to_str(new_smi->io.addr_source),
@@ -2073,7 +2072,6 @@ static int try_smi_init(struct smi_info *new_smi)
 		new_smi->io.io_cleanup = NULL;
 	}
 
-	kfree(init_name);
 	return rv;
 }