diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index e6b985d04ac9b62e17463e21eae603ae11ac8137..0698331724115ccf74191bc37acd106fe2960636 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -3021,8 +3021,6 @@ static int __ipmi_bmc_register(struct ipmi_smi *intf,
 	rv = sysfs_create_link(&bmc->pdev.dev.kobj, &intf->si_dev->kobj,
 			       intf->my_dev_name);
 	if (rv) {
-		kfree(intf->my_dev_name);
-		intf->my_dev_name = NULL;
 		dev_err(intf->si_dev,
 			PFX "Unable to create symlink to bmc: %d\n", rv);
 		goto out_free_my_dev_name;