diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_hwmon.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_hwmon.c
index 8b92e00ff236..ad03262cca56 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_hwmon.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_hwmon.c
@@ -206,8 +206,7 @@ int thermal_add_hwmon_sysfs(struct thermal_zone_device *tz)
 	if (new_hwmon_device)
 		hwmon_device_unregister(hwmon->device);
  free_mem:
-	if (new_hwmon_device)
-		kfree(hwmon);
+	kfree(hwmon);
 
 	return result;
 }