diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
index dbd3c97d1501ac2db2db19e4e24d0bb15866beb1..3ed2d7f7e5712ffcbe6afbad9decd877d29be951 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
@@ -4225,7 +4225,6 @@ 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;
 			}