diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index 9ae6011..caa54a5 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -1002,8 +1002,7 @@
 		goto out;
 
 	if (PageTransCompound(page)) {
-		err = split_huge_page(page);
-		if (err)
+		if (split_huge_page(page))
 			goto out_unlock;
 	}