diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8adeefc4564a..ade39cdfe6c5 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 59e0e0ace7d33e8c0c125042f153f80fcc56b39e
+refs/heads/master: 4ad98457aa545bc4d03d417da86325507aa586ec
diff --git a/trunk/fs/ocfs2/vote.c b/trunk/fs/ocfs2/vote.c
index ee42765a8553..cf70fe2075b8 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/ocfs2/vote.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/ocfs2/vote.c
@@ -988,9 +988,7 @@ int ocfs2_request_mount_vote(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 	}
 
 bail:
-	if (request)
-		kfree(request);
-
+	kfree(request);
 	return status;
 }
 
@@ -1021,9 +1019,7 @@ int ocfs2_request_umount_vote(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 	}
 
 bail:
-	if (request)
-		kfree(request);
-
+	kfree(request);
 	return status;
 }