diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c b/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c
index 6154cde3a052..5aceff202dc0 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c
@@ -1202,8 +1202,7 @@ decrypt_pki_encrypted_session_key(struct ecryptfs_auth_tok *auth_tok,
 				  crypt_stat->key_size);
 	}
 out:
-	if (msg)
-		kfree(msg);
+	kfree(msg);
 	return rc;
 }