diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_xmit.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_xmit.c
index 7011c2aa25cb..6d193f137b7e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_xmit.c
@@ -2206,12 +2206,9 @@ s32 rtw_alloc_hwxmits(struct adapter *padapter)
 
 void rtw_free_hwxmits(struct adapter *padapter)
 {
-	struct hw_xmit *hwxmits;
 	struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv = &padapter->xmitpriv;
 
-	hwxmits = pxmitpriv->hwxmits;
-	if (hwxmits)
-		kfree(hwxmits);
+	kfree(pxmitpriv->hwxmits);
 }
 
 void rtw_init_hwxmits(struct hw_xmit *phwxmit, sint entry)