diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
index b2c042c36777..39adec475581 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
@@ -1344,12 +1344,8 @@ unsigned int OnAssocReq(struct adapter *padapter, union recv_frame *precv_frame)
 			issue_asocrsp(padapter, status, pstat, WIFI_REASSOCRSP);
 
 		spin_lock_bh(&pstat->lock);
-		if (pstat->passoc_req) {
-			kfree(pstat->passoc_req);
-			pstat->passoc_req = NULL;
-			pstat->assoc_req_len = 0;
-		}
-
+		kfree(pstat->passoc_req);
+		pstat->assoc_req_len = 0;
 		pstat->passoc_req =  rtw_zmalloc(pkt_len);
 		if (pstat->passoc_req) {
 			memcpy(pstat->passoc_req, pframe, pkt_len);