diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 9ed58530f6957bef1e2e0fa166ed87085dcae523..55940d17331871b7de478796764d2ef62aef12a4 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1624,14 +1624,9 @@ int madvise_free_huge_pmd(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	if (next - addr != HPAGE_PMD_SIZE) {
 		get_page(page);
 		spin_unlock(ptl);
-		if (split_huge_page(page)) {
-			put_page(page);
-			unlock_page(page);
-			goto out_unlocked;
-		}
+		split_huge_page(page);
 		put_page(page);
 		unlock_page(page);
-		ret = 1;
 		goto out_unlocked;
 	}