diff --git a/sys/nfsclient/nfs_vfsops.c b/sys/nfsclient/nfs_vfsops.c
index efc87727788..8970a9c7dc5 100644
--- a/sys/nfsclient/nfs_vfsops.c
+++ b/sys/nfsclient/nfs_vfsops.c
@@ -507,7 +507,6 @@ nfs_mountdiskless(char *path, char *which, int mountflag,
 	if ((error = mountnfs(args, mp, nam, which, path, vpp,
 	    td->td_ucred)) != 0) {
 		printf("nfs_mountroot: mount %s on %s: %d", path, which, error);
-		FREE(nam, M_SONAME);
 		return (error);
 	}
 	(void) copystr(which, mp->mnt_stat.f_mntonname, MNAMELEN - 1, 0);