diff --git a/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c b/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c
index ff2aab973b45dd1594fc5445380627589a1791c8..78f8ca5fccee91e7a422c419df4ee0ab427d4ad4 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c
@@ -805,10 +805,8 @@ static void imxdma_free_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *chan)
 	}
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&imxdmac->ld_free);
 
-	if (imxdmac->sg_list) {
-		kfree(imxdmac->sg_list);
-		imxdmac->sg_list = NULL;
-	}
+	kfree(imxdmac->sg_list);
+	imxdmac->sg_list = NULL;
 }
 
 static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *imxdma_prep_slave_sg(