diff --git a/net/core/fib_rules.c b/net/core/fib_rules.c
index f64aa13811eaeedf8f0040bc9f993ad9e1661eca..0ff3953f64aa7830a07dad9c0873813eb944fdd1 100644
--- a/net/core/fib_rules.c
+++ b/net/core/fib_rules.c
@@ -924,8 +924,7 @@ int fib_nl_delrule(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	return 0;
 
 errout:
-	if (nlrule)
-		kfree(nlrule);
+	kfree(nlrule);
 	rules_ops_put(ops);
 	return err;
 }