diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-gc.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-gc.c
index 2581eebcfc41d5d4363a62ba457fae15152d3090..b31658be35a7bb72e890333fa4b0f327c87abd0a 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-gc.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-gc.c
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@
 
 static void pblk_gc_free_gc_rq(struct pblk_gc_rq *gc_rq)
 {
-	if (gc_rq->data)
-		vfree(gc_rq->data);
+	vfree(gc_rq->data);
 	kfree(gc_rq);
 }