diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
index 7d4547e5202de4c26b08623f8a229aba999fb0db..5e1e8ec0589eba84dd44b41a4b998df359b4e520 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
@@ -2267,10 +2267,8 @@ static struct dentry *ubifs_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 		}
 	} else {
 		err = ubifs_fill_super(sb, data, flags & SB_SILENT ? 1 : 0);
-		if (err) {
-			kfree(c);
+		if (err)
 			goto out_deact;
-		}
 		/* We do not support atime */
 		sb->s_flags |= SB_ACTIVE;
 		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_UBIFS_ATIME_SUPPORT))