1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/e2fsprogs/ext2fs/namei.c b/e2fsprogs/ext2fs/namei.c
index 6ce4bb363..2c372f4e2 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/ext2fs/namei.c
+++ b/e2fsprogs/ext2fs/namei.c
@@ -61,8 +61,7 @@ static errcode_t follow_link(ext2_filsys fs, ext2_ino_t root, ext2_ino_t dir,
                 pathname = (char *)&(ei.i_block[0]);
         retval = open_namei(fs, root, dir, pathname, ei.i_size, 1,
                             link_count, buf, res_inode);
-        if (buffer)
-                ext2fs_free_mem(&buffer);
+        ext2fs_free_mem(&buffer);
         return retval;
 }