diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
index 1868423355d95f..141413067b5ce2 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
@@ -713,8 +713,7 @@ struct devfreq *devfreq_add_device(struct device *dev,
 	devfreq_remove_device(devfreq);
 	devfreq = NULL;
 err_dev:
-	if (devfreq)
-		kfree(devfreq);
+	kfree(devfreq);
 err_out:
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }