diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 72372dc5dd70e6e0d412724be1577456d993f4cd..0aa5a06f3698bd66cb1ace069cc95606d18c230e 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ static int sock_map_fd(struct socket *sock, int flags)
 	}
 
 	newfile = sock_alloc_file(sock, flags, NULL);
-	if (likely(!IS_ERR(newfile))) {
+	if (!IS_ERR(newfile)) {
 		fd_install(fd, newfile);
 		return fd;
 	}