diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_labpc_cs.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_labpc_cs.c
index bf6ce0284af3eadca148f0e49b62426c812d67c5..300ecb2ac9ec879cbc882d261feec91e80d5f85b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_labpc_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_labpc_cs.c
@@ -272,9 +272,8 @@ static void labpc_cs_detach(struct pcmcia_device *link)
 		labpc_release(link);
 	}
 
-	/* This points to the parent local_info_t struct */
-	if (link->priv)
-		kfree(link->priv);
+	/* This points to the parent local_info_t struct (may be null) */
+	kfree(link->priv);
 
 }				/* labpc_cs_detach */