diff --git a/fs/pstore/platform.c b/fs/pstore/platform.c
index 2b21d180157c16a823f2f21d41e31d820bf77232..7256149af306307c1ad44b7aa507b50d8df0ff38 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/platform.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/platform.c
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ static int pstore_write_user_compat(struct pstore_record *record,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	record->buf = memdup_user(buf, record->size);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(record->buf))) {
+	if (IS_ERR(record->buf)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(record->buf);
 		goto out;
 	}