diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
index 6547c3cdbc4c17cddda61d0f92fe83352de2f77c..82a9124f7d758ae74ea04812da2cb51732dde893 100644
--- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ typedef int (*param_set_fn)(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp);
 typedef int (*param_get_fn)(char *buffer, struct kernel_param *kp);
 
 /* Flag bits for kernel_param.flags */
-#define KPARAM_KMALLOCED	1
 #define KPARAM_ISBOOL		2
 
 struct kernel_param {
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 9da58eabdcb246dd3b156d7799ca49bf2799a304..95ef27cf8e82e95c8f5a1e6adf4cad82589b6865 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -218,13 +218,9 @@ int param_set_charp(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp)
 		return -ENOSPC;
 	}
 
-	if (kp->flags & KPARAM_KMALLOCED)
-		kfree(*(char **)kp->arg);
-
 	/* This is a hack.  We can't need to strdup in early boot, and we
 	 * don't need to; this mangled commandline is preserved. */
 	if (slab_is_available()) {
-		kp->flags |= KPARAM_KMALLOCED;
 		*(char **)kp->arg = kstrdup(val, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!kp->arg)
 			return -ENOMEM;
@@ -605,11 +601,7 @@ void module_param_sysfs_remove(struct module *mod)
 
 void destroy_params(const struct kernel_param *params, unsigned num)
 {
-	unsigned int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < num; i++)
-		if (params[i].flags & KPARAM_KMALLOCED)
-			kfree(*(char **)params[i].arg);
+	/* FIXME: This should free kmalloced charp parameters.  It doesn't. */
 }
 
 static void __init kernel_add_sysfs_param(const char *name,