diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_buffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_buffer.c
index 0406110f83edd2ac3f607fe575c8e7b6c491e88a..86a4a4a60afcd79a052856275690ac088a4ff7c2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_buffer.c
@@ -80,11 +80,7 @@ int drm_buffer_alloc(struct drm_buffer **buf, int size)
 
 error_out:
 
-	/* Only last element can be null pointer so check for it first. */
-	if ((*buf)->data[idx])
-		kfree((*buf)->data[idx]);
-
-	for (--idx; idx >= 0; --idx)
+	for (; idx >= 0; --idx)
 		kfree((*buf)->data[idx]);
 
 	kfree(*buf);