diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 5c0def8dd761..36c13e391ae3 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -5168,8 +5168,7 @@ static int btrfs_dentry_delete(const struct dentry *dentry)
 
 static void btrfs_dentry_release(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	if (dentry->d_fsdata)
-		kfree(dentry->d_fsdata);
+	kfree(dentry->d_fsdata);
 }
 
 static struct dentry *btrfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,