diff --git a/drivers/xen/evtchn.c b/drivers/xen/evtchn.c
index f328f121c92d..8b3a69a06c39 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/evtchn.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/evtchn.c
@@ -319,7 +319,6 @@ static int evtchn_bind_to_user(struct per_user_data *u, int port)
 	if (HYPERVISOR_event_channel_op(EVTCHNOP_close, &close) != 0)
 		BUG();
 	del_evtchn(u, evtchn);
-	kfree(evtchn);
 	return rc;
 }