diff --git a/drivers/base/node.c b/drivers/base/node.c
index 44eed11bbdf328727440c46a8a6c797b20a50dad..eeae035dadc3b2be0697a555c075796d558d9b83 100644
--- a/drivers/base/node.c
+++ b/drivers/base/node.c
@@ -271,16 +271,18 @@ struct node node_devices[MAX_NUMNODES];
  */
 int register_cpu_under_node(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int nid)
 {
-	if (node_online(nid)) {
-		struct sys_device *obj = get_cpu_sysdev(cpu);
-		if (!obj)
-			return 0;
-		return sysfs_create_link(&node_devices[nid].sysdev.kobj,
-					 &obj->kobj,
-					 kobject_name(&obj->kobj));
-	 }
+	struct sys_device *obj;
 
-	return 0;
+	if (!node_online(nid))
+		return 0;
+
+	obj = get_cpu_sysdev(cpu);
+	if (!obj)
+		return 0;
+
+	return sysfs_create_link(&node_devices[nid].sysdev.kobj,
+				&obj->kobj,
+				kobject_name(&obj->kobj));
 }
 
 int unregister_cpu_under_node(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int nid)