diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 98f80beeac7f..19d5d4274e22 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -3359,11 +3359,9 @@ static void kmem_cache_destroy_work_func(struct work_struct *w)
 	 * So if we aren't down to zero, we'll just schedule a worker and try
 	 * again
 	 */
-	if (atomic_read(&cachep->memcg_params->nr_pages) != 0) {
+	if (atomic_read(&cachep->memcg_params->nr_pages) != 0)
 		kmem_cache_shrink(cachep);
-		if (atomic_read(&cachep->memcg_params->nr_pages) == 0)
-			return;
-	} else
+	else
 		kmem_cache_destroy(cachep);
 }