diff --git a/fs/gfs2/sys.c b/fs/gfs2/sys.c
index 1787d295834e..08e4996adc23 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/sys.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/sys.c
@@ -650,7 +650,6 @@ int gfs2_sys_fs_add(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 	char ro[20];
 	char spectator[20];
 	char *envp[] = { ro, spectator, NULL };
-	int sysfs_frees_sdp = 0;
 
 	sprintf(ro, "RDONLY=%d", sb_rdonly(sb));
 	sprintf(spectator, "SPECTATOR=%d", sdp->sd_args.ar_spectator ? 1 : 0);
@@ -661,8 +660,6 @@ int gfs2_sys_fs_add(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 	if (error)
 		goto fail_reg;
 
-	sysfs_frees_sdp = 1; /* Freeing sdp is now done by sysfs calling
-				function gfs2_sbd_release. */
 	error = sysfs_create_group(&sdp->sd_kobj, &tune_group);
 	if (error)
 		goto fail_reg;
@@ -687,10 +684,7 @@ fail_tune:
 fail_reg:
 	free_percpu(sdp->sd_lkstats);
 	fs_err(sdp, "error %d adding sysfs files\n", error);
-	if (sysfs_frees_sdp)
-		kobject_put(&sdp->sd_kobj);
-	else
-		kfree(sdp);
+	kobject_put(&sdp->sd_kobj);
 	sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
 	return error;
 }