diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index dc40e75cba8857e6068739646b4932bb315688fd..203086498caae89b7467ca5a95567a6ca65a8aca 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ static struct dentry *ext4_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, stru
 			return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 		}
 		inode = ext4_iget(dir->i_sb, ino);
-		if (unlikely(IS_ERR(inode))) {
+		if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 			if (PTR_ERR(inode) == -ESTALE) {
 				EXT4_ERROR_INODE(dir,
 						 "deleted inode referenced: %u",