diff --git a/fs/nfs/mount_clnt.c b/fs/nfs/mount_clnt.c
index 697e07235f308f66834e7bfd82b15d0f23fc8383..d4c2d6b7507e791044df2837c1d0803699a2a518 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/mount_clnt.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/mount_clnt.c
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ void nfs_umount(const struct nfs_mount_request *info)
 		args.flags |= RPC_CLNT_CREATE_NONPRIVPORT;
 
 	clnt = rpc_create(&args);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(clnt)))
+	if (IS_ERR(clnt))
 		goto out_clnt_err;
 
 	dprintk("NFS: sending UMNT request for %s:%s\n",