diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
index 12ba682fc53c..215e41abf101 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
@@ -625,9 +625,6 @@ struct dlm_lock_resource *dlm_new_lockres(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 	return res;
 
 error:
-	if (res && res->lockname.name)
-		kmem_cache_free(dlm_lockname_cache, (void *)res->lockname.name);
-
 	if (res)
 		kmem_cache_free(dlm_lockres_cache, res);
 	return NULL;