diff --git a/lib/radix-tree.c b/lib/radix-tree.c
index a2f9da59c1970cfab2a55c94f43da8843551ef05..d9df7454519cd546c71aa10adf14204bee86ef7f 100644
--- a/lib/radix-tree.c
+++ b/lib/radix-tree.c
@@ -576,7 +576,6 @@ int radix_tree_tag_get(struct radix_tree_root *root,
 {
 	unsigned int height, shift;
 	struct radix_tree_node *node;
-	int saw_unset_tag = 0;
 
 	/* check the root's tag bit */
 	if (!root_tag_get(root, tag))
@@ -603,15 +602,10 @@ int radix_tree_tag_get(struct radix_tree_root *root,
 			return 0;
 
 		offset = (index >> shift) & RADIX_TREE_MAP_MASK;
-
-		/*
-		 * This is just a debug check.  Later, we can bale as soon as
-		 * we see an unset tag.
-		 */
 		if (!tag_get(node, tag, offset))
-			saw_unset_tag = 1;
+			return 0;
 		if (height == 1)
-			return !!tag_get(node, tag, offset);
+			return 1;
 		node = rcu_dereference_raw(node->slots[offset]);
 		shift -= RADIX_TREE_MAP_SHIFT;
 		height--;