diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index c3dee381f1b4ea588f2188a33b3237f8efc251df..c3e89adf53c018ce48e88233c7321e586a18cbb3 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ struct file *fget_light(unsigned int fd, int *fput_needed)
 	struct files_struct *files = current->files;
 
 	*fput_needed = 0;
-	if (likely((atomic_read(&files->count) == 1))) {
+	if (atomic_read(&files->count) == 1) {
 		file = fcheck_files(files, fd);
 	} else {
 		rcu_read_lock();