diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index a618ef0..1c59d94 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -443,16 +443,17 @@
 		*nr -= refs;
 		while (refs--)
 			put_page(head);
-	} else {
-		/*
-		 * Any tail page need their mapcount reference taken
-		 * before we return.
-		 */
-		while (refs--) {
-			if (PageTail(tail))
-				get_huge_page_tail(tail);
-			tail++;
-		}
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Any tail page need their mapcount reference taken before we
+	 * return.
+	 */
+	while (refs--) {
+		if (PageTail(tail))
+			get_huge_page_tail(tail);
+		tail++;
 	}
 
 	return 1;