diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 0fac6829c63a7815016f0489c83db5419b990c0a..6237933f7d82c3454c4409a00a1aa779ef5ceee3 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -4658,8 +4658,7 @@ static int selinux_secid_to_secctx(u32 secid, char **secdata, u32 *seclen)
 
 static void selinux_release_secctx(char *secdata, u32 seclen)
 {
-	if (secdata)
-		kfree(secdata);
+	kfree(secdata);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEYS