diff --git a/sound/usb/usbmixer.c b/sound/usb/usbmixer.c
index 678dac2d4dba56b6dee4c8574033590e756f6512..0bfea72373957e2d49982b61455aa694c76143b7 100644
--- a/sound/usb/usbmixer.c
+++ b/sound/usb/usbmixer.c
@@ -434,7 +434,6 @@ static int add_control_to_empty(struct mixer_build *state, struct snd_kcontrol *
 		kctl->id.index++;
 	if ((err = snd_ctl_add(state->chip->card, kctl)) < 0) {
 		snd_printd(KERN_ERR "cannot add control (err = %d)\n", err);
-		snd_ctl_free_one(kctl);
 		return err;
 	}
 	cval->elem_id = &kctl->id;