diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index c1f1ef6090da8..c37b8265c0a38 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -3305,11 +3305,7 @@ static int cgroup_apply_control(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 	 * making the following cgroup_update_dfl_csses() properly update
 	 * css associations of all tasks in the subtree.
 	 */
-	ret = cgroup_update_dfl_csses(cgrp);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	return 0;
+	return cgroup_update_dfl_csses(cgrp);
 }
 
 /**