diff --git a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/srom.c b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/srom.c
index 5b5306a510fdd441dab866b471d7287f64bfeff5..31aa84d4aff427e78239b59fbb7b1a6f237295de 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/srom.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/srom.c
@@ -1287,12 +1287,10 @@ static int initvars_srom_pci(struct si_pub *sih, void *curmap, char **vars,
 		*vp++ = '\0';
 
 		err = initvars_table(base, vp, vars, count);
+		kfree(base);
 	}
 
 errout:
-	if (base)
-		kfree(base);
-
 	kfree(srom);
 	return err;
 }