diff --git a/mm/vmpressure.c b/mm/vmpressure.c
index 4bac22fe1aa214c32bba6f7d5f46f82b5ea208ba..0590f00334489306b90e7b4e7507981eacedf2c5 100644
--- a/mm/vmpressure.c
+++ b/mm/vmpressure.c
@@ -371,10 +371,8 @@ int vmpressure_register_event(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	spec_orig = spec = kstrndup(args, MAX_VMPRESSURE_ARGS_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!spec) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (!spec)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* Find required level */
 	token = strsep(&spec, ",");