diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/pgd.c b/arch/arm64/mm/pgd.c
index 7083cdada657..62c6101df260 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/pgd.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/pgd.c
@@ -32,17 +32,10 @@
 
 pgd_t *pgd_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
-	pgd_t *new_pgd;
-
 	if (PGD_SIZE == PAGE_SIZE)
-		new_pgd = (pgd_t *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+		return (pgd_t *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	else
-		new_pgd = kzalloc(PGD_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-
-	if (!new_pgd)
-		return NULL;
-
-	return new_pgd;
+		return kzalloc(PGD_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
 void pgd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd)