diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kexec/crash.c b/arch/powerpc/kexec/crash.c
index 21b193e938a3..9ac3266e4965 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kexec/crash.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kexec/crash.c
@@ -484,8 +484,7 @@ static void update_crash_elfcorehdr(struct kimage *image, struct memory_notify *
 	}
 out:
 	kvfree(cmem);
-	if (elfbuf)
-		kvfree(elfbuf);
+	kvfree(elfbuf);
 }
 
 /**