diff --git a/drivers/mfd/wm8994-core.c b/drivers/mfd/wm8994-core.c
index 69533f5ab03e..b3b2aaf89dbe 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/wm8994-core.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/wm8994-core.c
@@ -497,10 +497,8 @@ static int wm8994_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
 	struct wm8994 *wm8994;
 
 	wm8994 = kzalloc(sizeof(struct wm8994), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (wm8994 == NULL) {
-		kfree(i2c);
+	if (wm8994 == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	i2c_set_clientdata(i2c, wm8994);
 	wm8994->dev = &i2c->dev;