diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
index eeac97bb3bfa..b3fdd1a323d6 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
@@ -1498,10 +1498,8 @@ int dlm_mig_lockres_handler(struct o2net_msg *msg, u32 len, void *data,
 
 	dlm_put(dlm);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		if (buf)
-			kfree(buf);
-		if (item)
-			kfree(item);
+		kfree(buf);
+		kfree(item);
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 	}