diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index 95bdb90fd7f0..eec2f11809ff 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -683,11 +683,8 @@ static void *vhost_kvzalloc(unsigned long size)
 {
 	void *n = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_REPEAT);
 
-	if (!n) {
+	if (!n)
 		n = vzalloc(size);
-		if (!n)
-			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
 	return n;
 }