diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index bcb05b9b4eb497..a78f755dcace9b 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -423,8 +423,7 @@ static struct kmemleak_object *mem_pool_alloc(gfp_t gfp)
 		object = kmem_cache_alloc(object_cache, gfp_kmemleak_mask(gfp));
 		if (object)
 			return object;
-		else
-			WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 	}
 
 	/* slab allocation failed, try the memory pool */