diff --git a/drivers/staging/sm7xxfb/sm7xxfb.c b/drivers/staging/sm7xxfb/sm7xxfb.c
index 78da77903305..e5d016b9259a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/sm7xxfb/sm7xxfb.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/sm7xxfb/sm7xxfb.c
@@ -696,6 +696,14 @@ static struct smtcfb_info *smtc_alloc_fb_info(struct pci_dev *pdev, char *name)
 	return sfb;
 }
 
+/*
+ * free struct smtcfb_info
+ */
+static void smtc_free_fb_info(struct smtcfb_info *sfb)
+{
+	kfree(sfb);
+}
+
 /*
  * Unmap in the memory mapped IO registers
  */
@@ -755,14 +763,6 @@ static inline void sm7xx_init_hw(void)
 	outb_p(0x11, 0x3c5);
 }
 
-static void smtc_free_fb_info(struct smtcfb_info *sfb)
-{
-	if (sfb) {
-		fb_alloc_cmap(&sfb->fb.cmap, 0, 0);
-		kfree(sfb);
-	}
-}
-
 /*
  *	sm712vga_setup - process command line options, get vga parameter
  *	@options: string of options