diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 813befec2bf07e4fd2a6a7e1325b2c37a1158664..4b0970d6fc9135be51ca227f7f418f1cb8039655 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -2709,7 +2709,6 @@ void *__vmalloc_node_range(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
 
 fail:
 	if (shift > PAGE_SHIFT) {
-		free_vm_area(area);
 		shift = PAGE_SHIFT;
 		align = real_align;
 		size = real_size;