diff --git a/sound/oss/msnd.c b/sound/oss/msnd.c
index a7ad2b0a2ac095b768bb6f9ddd7fdf65615b6654..5dbfc0f9c3c7bf32abb87475283ea4c4f21c65b9 100644
--- a/sound/oss/msnd.c
+++ b/sound/oss/msnd.c
@@ -95,10 +95,8 @@ void msnd_fifo_init(msnd_fifo *f)
 
 void msnd_fifo_free(msnd_fifo *f)
 {
-	if (f->data) {
-		vfree(f->data);
-		f->data = NULL;
-	}
+	vfree(f->data);
+	f->data = NULL;
 }
 
 int msnd_fifo_alloc(msnd_fifo *f, size_t n)