diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-table.c b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
index daf25d0890b3d6cdf9852b739593648f00b86425..c95405d04726630ddfcd227781333c5dbbe8a956 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-table.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
@@ -217,7 +217,6 @@ int dm_table_create(struct dm_table **result, fmode_t mode,
 
 	if (alloc_targets(t, num_targets)) {
 		kfree(t);
-		t = NULL;
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}