diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/submit.c
index f4688fcafe93..d775225bed12 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/submit.c
@@ -680,8 +680,7 @@ int tegra_drm_ioctl_channel_submit(struct drm_device *drm, void *data,
 		kfree(job_data->used_mappings);
 	}
 
-	if (job_data)
-		kfree(job_data);
+	kfree(job_data);
 put_bo:
 	gather_bo_put(&bo->base);
 unlock: