diff --git a/fs/jffs2/super.c b/fs/jffs2/super.c
index 87bdf0f4cba117fc7c987080b9b901d7614ebfd3..902a7dd10e5c45fbc496cfbb4a9c39f1ca4bb417 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/super.c
@@ -285,10 +285,8 @@ static int jffs2_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	sb->s_fs_info = c;
 
 	ret = jffs2_parse_options(c, data);
-	if (ret) {
-		kfree(c);
+	if (ret)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	}
 
 	/* Initialize JFFS2 superblock locks, the further initialization will
 	 * be done later */