builtin/notes: remove unnecessary free

diff --git a/builtin/notes.c b/builtin/notes.c
index c05cd004abcbdcd1e4c3d140f3cf4251c416df36..68062f747511cb6f2859ddc64a09809602373ed8 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/notes.c
+++ b/builtin/notes.c
@@ -255,10 +255,8 @@ static int parse_reuse_arg(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
 
        if (get_oid(arg, &object))
                die(_("failed to resolve '%s' as a valid ref."), arg);
-       if (!(buf = read_object_file(&object, &type, &len))) {
-               free(buf);
+       if (!(buf = read_object_file(&object, &type, &len)))
                die(_("failed to read object '%s'."), arg);
-       }
        if (type != OBJ_BLOB) {
                free(buf);
                die(_("cannot read note data from non-blob object '%s'."), arg);