diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 51c08a0c6f68ac6e78d09568bd270ad95aac7622..11072383ae12e5698498be5b3da5b8d991192535 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -1388,14 +1388,14 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(move_pages, pid_t, pid, unsigned long, nr_pages,
 	mm = get_task_mm(task);
 	put_task_struct(task);
 
-	if (mm) {
-		if (nodes)
-			err = do_pages_move(mm, task_nodes, nr_pages, pages,
-					    nodes, status, flags);
-		else
-			err = do_pages_stat(mm, nr_pages, pages, status);
-	} else
-		err = -EINVAL;
+	if (!mm)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (nodes)
+		err = do_pages_move(mm, task_nodes, nr_pages, pages,
+				    nodes, status, flags);
+	else
+		err = do_pages_stat(mm, nr_pages, pages, status);
 
 	mmput(mm);
 	return err;