diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c
index be0fa1d..3989913 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c
@@ -595,9 +595,7 @@ void regmap_debugfs_init(struct regmap *map, const char *name)
 	}
 
 	if (!strcmp(name, "dummy")) {
-		if (!map->debugfs_name)
-			kfree(map->debugfs_name);
-
+		kfree(map->debugfs_name);
 		map->debugfs_name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "dummy%d",
 						dummy_index);
 		if (!map->debugfs_name)