diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_msgqueue.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_msgqueue.c
index 0770ff6d5d7f..d97dd705da5a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_msgqueue.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_msgqueue.c
@@ -96,9 +96,7 @@ WILC_ErrNo WILC_MsgQueueSend(WILC_MsgQueueHandle *pHandle,
 	{
 		/* error occured, free any allocations */
 		if (pstrMessage) {
-			if (pstrMessage->pvBuffer)
-				kfree(pstrMessage->pvBuffer);
-
+			kfree(pstrMessage->pvBuffer);
 			kfree(pstrMessage);
 		}
 	}