diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
index eeaaa9dce6ef62607ee510e580d647554bca8611..ad1880c67518eead88feb416b72a598fb86a9ba6 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
@@ -408,7 +408,6 @@ static int block2mtd_setup2(const char *val)
 	if (token[1]) {
 		ret = parse_num(&erase_size, token[1]);
 		if (ret) {
-			kfree(name);
 			parse_err("illegal erase size");
 		}
 	}