diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-cpcap.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-cpcap.c
index 7c6a3c3167bd0af1434a8e0d6d51cc61aad5dbd4..5d163be98e9f4839bf2a4dcd6e214dc5261c2c48 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-cpcap.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-cpcap.c
@@ -266,10 +266,8 @@ static int cpcap_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	rtc->rtc_dev = devm_rtc_device_register(dev, "cpcap_rtc",
 						&cpcap_rtc_ops, THIS_MODULE);
 
-	if (IS_ERR(rtc->rtc_dev)) {
-		kfree(rtc);
+	if (IS_ERR(rtc->rtc_dev))
 		return PTR_ERR(rtc->rtc_dev);
-	}
 
 	err = cpcap_get_vendor(dev, rtc->regmap, &rtc->vendor);
 	if (err)