diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog.c
index 636df94775ec..4fa52d1b79d1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog.c
@@ -563,8 +563,7 @@ int llog_reverse_process(const struct lu_env *env,
 	}
 
 out:
-	if (buf)
-		kfree(buf);
+	kfree(buf);
 	return rc;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(llog_reverse_process);