diff --git a/tools/testing/nvdimm/test/ndtest.c b/tools/testing/nvdimm/test/ndtest.c
index 8e3b6be53839..2051ad5d4882 100644
--- a/tools/testing/nvdimm/test/ndtest.c
+++ b/tools/testing/nvdimm/test/ndtest.c
@@ -376,8 +376,7 @@ static void *ndtest_alloc_resource(struct ndtest_priv *p, size_t size,
 buf_err:
 	if (__dma && size >= DIMM_SIZE)
 		gen_pool_free(ndtest_pool, __dma, size);
-	if (buf)
-		vfree(buf);
+	vfree(buf);
 	kfree(res);
 
 	return NULL;