diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c
index e68289b8c072..5fa49c4252f6 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ out:
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&drvdata->spinlock, flags);
 
 	/* Free memory outside the spinlock if need be */
-	if (!used && buf)
+	if (!used)
 		kfree(buf);
 
 	if (!ret)