diff --git a/sound/mips/sgio2audio.c b/sound/mips/sgio2audio.c
index 66f3b48ceafcdcbedb7e4700a4ae8a341283cd3f..e497525bc11bcf50612c071bdfc3c5ba186bacf1 100644
--- a/sound/mips/sgio2audio.c
+++ b/sound/mips/sgio2audio.c
@@ -619,8 +619,7 @@ static int snd_sgio2audio_pcm_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 /* hw_free callback */
 static int snd_sgio2audio_pcm_hw_free(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 {
-	if (substream->runtime->dma_area)
-		vfree(substream->runtime->dma_area);
+	vfree(substream->runtime->dma_area);
 	substream->runtime->dma_area = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }