diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtvfb.c b/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtvfb.c
index 05b94aa8ba3231faf29d299a2938521a242e965a..9ff1230192e8308f08df35f0aad0a132bf14993a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtvfb.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtvfb.c
@@ -1171,8 +1171,7 @@ static void ivtvfb_release_buffers (struct ivtv *itv)
 		fb_dealloc_cmap(&oi->ivtvfb_info.cmap);
 
 	/* Release pseudo palette */
-	if (oi->ivtvfb_info.pseudo_palette)
-		kfree(oi->ivtvfb_info.pseudo_palette);
+	kfree(oi->ivtvfb_info.pseudo_palette);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MTRR
 	if (oi->fb_end_aligned_physaddr) {