diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 9073d07c1149..367cc57df362 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1356,7 +1356,7 @@ static bool mem_cgroup_same_or_subtree(const struct mem_cgroup *root_memcg,
 bool task_in_mem_cgroup(struct task_struct *task,
 			const struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
-	struct mem_cgroup *curr = NULL;
+	struct mem_cgroup *curr;
 	struct task_struct *p;
 	bool ret;
 
@@ -1372,8 +1372,7 @@ bool task_in_mem_cgroup(struct task_struct *task,
 		 */
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		curr = mem_cgroup_from_task(task);
-		if (curr)
-			css_get(&curr->css);
+		css_get(&curr->css);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
 	/*