diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index c107094f79ba..e14652480c59 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ static int start_stop_khugepaged(void)
 		if (!khugepaged_thread)
 			khugepaged_thread = kthread_run(khugepaged, NULL,
 							"khugepaged");
-		if (unlikely(IS_ERR(khugepaged_thread))) {
+		if (IS_ERR(khugepaged_thread)) {
 			pr_err("khugepaged: kthread_run(khugepaged) failed\n");
 			err = PTR_ERR(khugepaged_thread);
 			khugepaged_thread = NULL;