diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/s5h1432.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/s5h1432.c
index 8352ce1c9556..6ec16a243741 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/s5h1432.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/s5h1432.c
@@ -351,8 +351,8 @@ struct dvb_frontend *s5h1432_attach(const struct s5h1432_config *config,
 	printk(KERN_INFO " Enter s5h1432_attach(). attach success!\n");
 	/* allocate memory for the internal state */
 	state = kmalloc(sizeof(struct s5h1432_state), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (state == NULL)
-		goto error;
+	if (!state)
+		return NULL;
 
 	/* setup the state */
 	state->config = config;
@@ -367,10 +367,6 @@ struct dvb_frontend *s5h1432_attach(const struct s5h1432_config *config,
 	state->frontend.demodulator_priv = state;
 
 	return &state->frontend;
-
-error:
-	kfree(state);
-	return NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(s5h1432_attach);