diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 7ffbb98ddec34c405bde993b0df16873162e21b6..6b44bbfb7d8a52932846aa86291e218ce5ed3719 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -2273,8 +2273,7 @@ static int nfs4_get_referral(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *name, struct
 out:
 	if (page)
 		__free_page(page);
-	if (locations)
-		kfree(locations);
+	kfree(locations);
 	return status;
 }