diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c
index b97b479e4f64..1f7127b03490 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ int blkg_conf_prep(struct blkcg *blkcg, const struct blkcg_policy *pol,
 			blkg_free(new_blkg);
 		} else {
 			blkg = blkg_create(pos, q, new_blkg);
-			if (unlikely(IS_ERR(blkg))) {
+			if (IS_ERR(blkg)) {
 				ret = PTR_ERR(blkg);
 				goto fail_unlock;
 			}