diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c b/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
index f487aa3..1c39efb 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
@@ -282,8 +282,7 @@
 	spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
 
 out:
-	if (new_emi)
-		kfree(new_emi);
+	kfree(new_emi);
 }
 
 static int ocfs2_last_eb_is_empty(struct inode *inode,