diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 999863072708..39b717e1267d 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1020,11 +1020,8 @@ free:
 	spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
 
 	/* Free unnecessary surplus pages to the buddy allocator */
-	if (!list_empty(&surplus_list)) {
-		list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp, &surplus_list, lru) {
-			put_page(page);
-		}
-	}
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp, &surplus_list, lru)
+		put_page(page);
 	spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
 
 	return ret;