diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c
index f6f4a1e4cd54753d81d7dbfd515f5f4bda683d4a..cd5fb00fcb549645a646bef2c3d72132cb2550cd 100644
--- a/init/initramfs.c
+++ b/init/initramfs.c
@@ -612,13 +612,12 @@ static int __init populate_rootfs(void)
 		printk(KERN_INFO "Trying to unpack rootfs image as initramfs...\n");
 		err = unpack_to_rootfs((char *)initrd_start,
 			initrd_end - initrd_start);
-		if (!err) {
-			free_initrd();
+		if (!err)
 			goto done;
-		} else {
-			clean_rootfs();
-			unpack_to_rootfs(__initramfs_start, __initramfs_size);
-		}
+
+		clean_rootfs();
+		unpack_to_rootfs(__initramfs_start, __initramfs_size);
+
 		printk(KERN_INFO "rootfs image is not initramfs (%s)"
 				"; looks like an initrd\n", err);
 		fd = ksys_open("/initrd.image",
@@ -632,7 +631,6 @@ static int __init populate_rootfs(void)
 				       written, initrd_end - initrd_start);
 
 			ksys_close(fd);
-			free_initrd();
 		}
 	done:
 		/* empty statement */;
@@ -642,9 +640,9 @@ static int __init populate_rootfs(void)
 			initrd_end - initrd_start);
 		if (err)
 			printk(KERN_EMERG "Initramfs unpacking failed: %s\n", err);
-		free_initrd();
 #endif
 	}
+	free_initrd();
 	flush_delayed_fput();
 	/*
 	 * Try loading default modules from initramfs.  This gives