diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 1c4ca25944ba..55b829863127 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -8799,7 +8799,6 @@ static int __remove_instance(struct trace_array *tr)
 	free_cpumask_var(tr->tracing_cpumask);
 	kfree(tr->name);
 	kfree(tr);
-	tr = NULL;
 
 	return 0;
 }