diff --git a/fs/rpmsgfs/rpmsgfs.c b/fs/rpmsgfs/rpmsgfs.c
index 8ac89cd9f4..e95851097b 100644
--- a/fs/rpmsgfs/rpmsgfs.c
+++ b/fs/rpmsgfs/rpmsgfs.c
@@ -911,7 +911,6 @@ static int rpmsgfs_opendir(FAR struct inode *mountpt,
   if (rdir->dir == NULL)
     {
       ret = -ENOENT;
-      kmm_free(rdir);
       goto errout_with_semaphore;
     }