diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/skas/mmu.c b/arch/um/kernel/skas/mmu.c
index d3fb506d5bd6..0eb5a1d3ba70 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/skas/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/skas/mmu.c
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ int init_new_context(struct task_struct *task, struct mm_struct *mm)
 	return 0;
 
  out_free:
-	if (new_id->stack != 0)
-		free_pages(new_id->stack, ilog2(STUB_DATA_PAGES));
+	free_pages(new_id->stack, ilog2(STUB_DATA_PAGES));
  out:
 	return ret;
 }