diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 284346ee0e91..cac13b415635 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ static struct vmap_block *new_vmap_block(gfp_t gfp_mask)
 	va = alloc_vmap_area(VMAP_BLOCK_SIZE, VMAP_BLOCK_SIZE,
 					VMALLOC_START, VMALLOC_END,
 					node, gfp_mask);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(va))) {
+	if (IS_ERR(va)) {
 		kfree(vb);
 		return ERR_CAST(va);
 	}