diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/zcore.c b/drivers/s390/char/zcore.c
index 18daf16aa357..7217966f7d31 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/zcore.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/zcore.c
@@ -638,11 +638,7 @@ static int __init zcore_reipl_init(void)
 		rc = memcpy_hsa_kernel(ipl_block, ipib_info.ipib, PAGE_SIZE);
 	else
 		rc = memcpy_real(ipl_block, (void *) ipib_info.ipib, PAGE_SIZE);
-	if (rc) {
-		free_page((unsigned long) ipl_block);
-		return rc;
-	}
-	if (csum_partial(ipl_block, ipl_block->hdr.len, 0) !=
+	if (rc || csum_partial(ipl_block, ipl_block->hdr.len, 0) !=
 	    ipib_info.checksum) {
 		TRACE("Checksum does not match\n");
 		free_page((unsigned long) ipl_block);