diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_resource.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_resource.c
index 5922069873f5..7149edab44f4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_resource.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_resource.c
@@ -1137,10 +1137,8 @@ ldlm_resource_get(struct ldlm_namespace *ns, struct ldlm_resource *parent,
 			CERROR("%s: lvbo_init failed for resource %#llx:%#llx: rc = %d\n",
 			       ns->ns_obd->obd_name, name->name[0],
 			       name->name[1], rc);
-			if (res->lr_lvb_data) {
-				kfree(res->lr_lvb_data);
-				res->lr_lvb_data = NULL;
-			}
+			kfree(res->lr_lvb_data);
+			res->lr_lvb_data = NULL;
 			res->lr_lvb_len = rc;
 			mutex_unlock(&res->lr_lvb_mutex);
 			ldlm_resource_putref(res);