diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index b4ad8e36c81a..83a45d35468b 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -2227,7 +2227,7 @@ struct page *grab_cache_page_write_begin(struct address_space *mapping,
 		gfp_notmask = __GFP_FS;
 repeat:
 	page = find_lock_page(mapping, index);
-	if (likely(page))
+	if (page)
 		return page;
 
 	page = __page_cache_alloc(mapping_gfp_mask(mapping) & ~gfp_notmask);