diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index 77a1d37b742b35c6c6f0bee8a21553f867106cd3..818a81fe7ccc3b3cdc91c5c931204af96360fb68 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -532,13 +532,10 @@ static inline bool cgroup_has_tasks(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 	return !list_empty(&cgrp->cset_links);
 }
 
-/* returns ino associated with a cgroup, 0 indicates unmounted root */
+/* returns ino associated with a cgroup */
 static inline ino_t cgroup_ino(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 {
-	if (cgrp->kn)
-		return cgrp->kn->ino;
-	else
-		return 0;
+	return cgrp->kn->ino;
 }
 
 /* cft/css accessors for cftype->write() operation */
diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index 44c6bd201d3a1cac7120527b45e2a86f5f77abff..8639f6b28746b313bcd12bca3693a11079e18143 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static int hwpoison_filter_task(struct page *p)
 	ino = cgroup_ino(css->cgroup);
 	css_put(css);
 
-	if (!ino || ino != hwpoison_filter_memcg)
+	if (ino != hwpoison_filter_memcg)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	return 0;