diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/notify.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/notify.c
index b0787ff833ef6cd9dde58d7fa9145f5b43a0ac7a..278b3933dc96abd8201666dfda9c754a5c201701 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/notify.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/notify.c
@@ -155,10 +155,8 @@ nvif_notify_fini(struct nvif_notify *notify)
 	int ret = nvif_notify_put(notify);
 	if (ret >= 0 && object) {
 		ret = nvif_object_ioctl(object, &args, sizeof(args), NULL);
-		if (ret == 0) {
-			notify->object = NULL;
-			kfree((void *)notify->data);
-		}
+		notify->object = NULL;
+		kfree((void *)notify->data);
 	}
 	return ret;
 }