diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index db086f1..f57b015 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 
 	field = kmem_cache_alloc(field_cachep, GFP_TRACE);
 	if (!field)
-		goto err;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	field->name = name;
 	field->type = type;
@@ -114,11 +114,6 @@
 	list_add(&field->link, head);
 
 	return 0;
-
-err:
-	kmem_cache_free(field_cachep, field);
-
-	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 int trace_define_field(struct ftrace_event_call *call, const char *type,