diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon-usb/octeon-hcd.c b/drivers/staging/octeon-usb/octeon-hcd.c
index f188e19c6fc1..9c766f5b812f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/octeon-usb/octeon-hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/octeon-usb/octeon-hcd.c
@@ -2770,7 +2770,7 @@ static int cvmx_usb_poll_channel(struct octeon_hcd *usb, int channel)
 	    (pipe->transfer_dir == CVMX_USB_DIRECTION_OUT))
 		pipe->flags |= CVMX_USB_PIPE_FLAGS_NEED_PING;
 
-	if (unlikely(WARN_ON_ONCE(bytes_this_transfer < 0))) {
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(bytes_this_transfer < 0)) {
 		/*
 		 * In some rare cases the DMA engine seems to get stuck and
 		 * keeps substracting same byte count over and over again. In