diff --git a/fs/btrfs/send.c b/fs/btrfs/send.c
index 321b7fb4e4417573e9c404069c6b249afb8ab488..614da0d44d56b2dd183221ab51fa85d7d1071918 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/send.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/send.c
@@ -4536,7 +4536,6 @@ long btrfs_ioctl_send(struct file *mnt_file, void __user *arg_)
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info;
 	struct btrfs_ioctl_send_args *arg = NULL;
 	struct btrfs_key key;
-	struct file *filp = NULL;
 	struct send_ctx *sctx = NULL;
 	u32 i;
 	u64 *clone_sources_tmp = NULL;
@@ -4673,8 +4672,6 @@ long btrfs_ioctl_send(struct file *mnt_file, void __user *arg_)
 		goto out;
 
 out:
-	if (filp)
-		fput(filp);
 	kfree(arg);
 	vfree(clone_sources_tmp);