diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/sonycd535.c b/drivers/cdrom/sonycd535.c
index f4be7bfd6675ee4ef7f2c024404c0ab64abfe5c3..9f22e8f1f6c0182dbbbb9ecd5689d01235f53404 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/sonycd535.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/sonycd535.c
@@ -1605,8 +1605,7 @@ static int __init sony535_init(void)
 	put_disk(cdu_disk);
 out6:
 	for (i = 0; i < sony_buffer_sectors; i++)
-		if (sony_buffer[i]) 
-			kfree(sony_buffer[i]);
+		kfree(sony_buffer[i]);
 out5:
 	kfree(sony_buffer);
 out4: