diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c
index bf03cd343be23f2803353d5b900951e8d49dc775..ff2ee87987c7e6b194588713f19a38fbcacd0308 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c
@@ -594,9 +594,7 @@ void regmap_debugfs_init(struct regmap *map)
 	}
 
 	if (!strcmp(name, "dummy")) {
-		if (!map->debugfs_name)
-			kfree(map->debugfs_name);
-
+		kfree(map->debugfs_name);
 		map->debugfs_name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "dummy%d",
 						dummy_index);
 		if (!map->debugfs_name)