diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c
index 4eedaa5922eb..e8c7ded5570b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c
@@ -150,8 +150,7 @@ static void __dvb_frontend_free(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
 
 	dvb_frontend_invoke_release(fe, fe->ops.release);
 
-	if (fepriv)
-		kfree(fepriv);
+	kfree(fepriv);
 }
 
 static void dvb_frontend_free(struct kref *ref)