diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index d9fc0e456128..216184af0e19 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -1028,8 +1028,7 @@ static int try_to_merge_one_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		goto out;
 
 	if (PageTransCompound(page)) {
-		err = split_huge_page(page);
-		if (err)
+		if (split_huge_page(page))
 			goto out_unlock;
 	}