diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 7d698df4a067ce591fd661f45e098610e1a027db..ea1e879b2db638151ce6ba2c15a91287fea610db 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -2165,7 +2165,7 @@ static int __cpuinit memcg_cpu_hotplug_callback(struct notifier_block *nb,
 	if (action == CPU_ONLINE)
 		return NOTIFY_OK;
 
-	if ((action != CPU_DEAD) || action != CPU_DEAD_FROZEN)
+	if (action != CPU_DEAD && action != CPU_DEAD_FROZEN)
 		return NOTIFY_OK;
 
 	for_each_mem_cgroup(iter)