diff --git a/fs/nfs/sysfs.c b/fs/nfs/sysfs.c
index 4f3390b20239..c489496b5659 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/sysfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/sysfs.c
@@ -121,8 +121,7 @@ static void nfs_netns_client_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 			struct nfs_netns_client,
 			kobject);
 
-	if (c->identifier)
-		kfree(c->identifier);
+	kfree(c->identifier);
 	kfree(c);
 }