diff --git a/net/dsa/dsa.c b/net/dsa/dsa.c
index 5db37cef50a9ccd80c642118f54dd4ecf04219b8..0a49632fac478f1ac17b3f0159cbdf748fe25110 100644
--- a/net/dsa/dsa.c
+++ b/net/dsa/dsa.c
@@ -351,8 +351,7 @@ static void dsa_of_free_platform_data(struct dsa_platform_data *pd)
 	for (i = 0; i < pd->nr_chips; i++) {
 		port_index = 0;
 		while (port_index < DSA_MAX_PORTS) {
-			if (pd->chip[i].port_names[port_index])
-				kfree(pd->chip[i].port_names[port_index]);
+			kfree(pd->chip[i].port_names[port_index]);
 			port_index++;
 		}
 		kfree(pd->chip[i].rtable);