diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
index 0fb92d0c7b2010f6f1fed5d81351c4f09d6db7af..f9493e1d31d583496428862b1c65793c653121b2 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
@@ -4124,7 +4124,6 @@ static int parse_var_defs(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data)
 
 			s = kstrdup(field_str, GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!s) {
-				kfree(hist_data->attrs->var_defs.name[n_vars]);
 				ret = -ENOMEM;
 				goto free;
 			}