Peyton Earl Knatt appeals the sentence imposed after his guilty plea to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine and marijuana. As the Government concedes, the district court, lacking the benefit of the Supreme Court’s recent decisions in Gall v. United States, — U.S. —, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007), and Kimbrough v. United States, — U.S. —, 128 S.Ct. 558, 169 L.Ed.2d 481 (2007), erroneously believed itself constrained by this court’s pre-Gall jurisprudence from imposing a nonguidelines sentence. The district court expressly stated that it would have imposed a different sentence but for the perceived constraints. Because the district court essentially treated the Guidelines as mandatory in this case, the sentence was proeedurally unreasonable. See Gall, 128 S.Ct. at 597. The sentence is therefore VACATED and the case is REMANDED for resentencing.