diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index e9eaa8fce231194ced1f69aeda1c4cd57a5c814a..da4068a9530704516f2f2b1d9af285f9caa2250a 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -990,10 +990,8 @@ static void cpuup_canceled(long cpu)
 
 		/* cpu is dead; no one can alloc from it. */
 		nc = per_cpu_ptr(cachep->cpu_cache, cpu);
-		if (nc) {
-			free_block(cachep, nc->entry, nc->avail, node, &list);
-			nc->avail = 0;
-		}
+		free_block(cachep, nc->entry, nc->avail, node, &list);
+		nc->avail = 0;
 
 		if (!cpumask_empty(mask)) {
 			spin_unlock_irq(&n->list_lock);