diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cacheinfo.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cacheinfo.c
index f2ed3ef4b129..862e2890bd3d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cacheinfo.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cacheinfo.c
@@ -767,7 +767,6 @@ static void cacheinfo_create_index_dir(struct cache *cache, int index,
 				  cache_dir->kobj, "index%d", index);
 	if (rc) {
 		kobject_put(&index_dir->kobj);
-		kfree(index_dir);
 		return;
 	}