diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index a13be48b818becf82f5f27df2add172f37c23301..da027a3307af000d757f759f50d3ee706f9be391 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -2528,7 +2528,6 @@ static int hugetlb_cow(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 {
 	struct hstate *h = hstate_vma(vma);
 	struct page *old_page, *new_page;
-	int avoidcopy;
 	int outside_reserve = 0;
 	unsigned long mmun_start;	/* For mmu_notifiers */
 	unsigned long mmun_end;		/* For mmu_notifiers */
@@ -2538,10 +2537,8 @@ static int hugetlb_cow(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 retry_avoidcopy:
 	/* If no-one else is actually using this page, avoid the copy
 	 * and just make the page writable */
-	avoidcopy = (page_mapcount(old_page) == 1);
-	if (avoidcopy) {
-		if (PageAnon(old_page))
-			page_move_anon_rmap(old_page, vma, address);
+	if (page_mapcount(old_page) == 1 && PageAnon(old_page)) {
+		page_move_anon_rmap(old_page, vma, address);
 		set_huge_ptep_writable(vma, address, ptep);
 		return 0;
 	}