diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_stub.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_stub.c
index 581e61d04057003049d3bdeecef8dca428f0a0a5..6fcdd8ebcb3d30ba66c151b30addc634970a48cd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_stub.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_stub.c
@@ -492,10 +492,7 @@ void drm_put_dev(struct drm_device *dev)
 	drm_put_minor(&dev->primary);
 
 	list_del(&dev->driver_item);
-	if (dev->devname) {
-		kfree(dev->devname);
-		dev->devname = NULL;
-	}
+	kfree(dev->devname);
 	kfree(dev);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_put_dev);