diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
index 8e6a623b35de..dc6b2e8f4f95 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
@@ -2888,7 +2888,7 @@ static int mmc_blk_probe(struct mmc_card *card)
 
 	card->complete_wq = alloc_workqueue("mmc_complete",
 					WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_HIGHPRI, 0);
-	if (unlikely(!card->complete_wq)) {
+	if (!card->complete_wq) {
 		pr_err("Failed to create mmc completion workqueue");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}