diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index 58579634427d2fcbf7f35556424a959697b8655e..aee017f625d906a57e1002e2ef0120dda4954591 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -742,8 +742,7 @@ static int ctnetlink_done(struct netlink_callback *cb)
 {
 	if (cb->args[1])
 		nf_ct_put((struct nf_conn *)cb->args[1]);
-	if (cb->data)
-		kfree(cb->data);
+	kfree(cb->data);
 	return 0;
 }