1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 08b7595fe3c1..a13be48b818b 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1037,11 +1037,8 @@ free:
         spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
 
         /* Free unnecessary surplus pages to the buddy allocator */
-        if (!list_empty(&surplus_list)) {
-                list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp, &surplus_list, lru) {
-                        put_page(page);
-                }
-        }
+        list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp, &surplus_list, lru)
+                put_page(page);
         spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
 
         return ret;