diff --git a/src/platform/Linux/CHIPLinuxStorageIni.cpp b/src/platform/Linux/CHIPLinuxStorageIni.cpp
index ffae3d35e07432..49fa6f99927204 100644
--- a/src/platform/Linux/CHIPLinuxStorageIni.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/Linux/CHIPLinuxStorageIni.cpp
@@ -302,11 +302,11 @@ CHIP_ERROR ChipLinuxStorageIni::GetBinaryBlobValue(const char * key, uint8_t * d
         {
             retval = CHIP_ERROR_DECODE_FAILED;
         }
+    }
 
-        if (encodedData)
-        {
-            chip::Platform::MemoryFree(encodedData);
-        }
+    if (encodedData)
+    {
+        chip::Platform::MemoryFree(encodedData);
     }
 
     return retval;