diff --git a/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h b/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h
index 1b62d768c7df5ea3053d09ed3878d1d7a16837b2..a4cd1641e9e2d74ccfd8518d415318401e5a4da8 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ static inline struct request_list *blk_get_rl(struct request_queue *q,
 	 * root_rl in such cases.
 	 */
 	blkg = blkg_lookup_create(blkcg, q);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(blkg)))
+	if (IS_ERR(blkg))
 		goto root_rl;
 
 	blkg_get(blkg);