diff --git a/arch/arc/mm/fault.c b/arch/arc/mm/fault.c
index e2d9fc3fea01e7a93b4e7bb0b16c7b0874d33e5f..a1d7231970848dbc6f1f097fd7536153d63cf38d 100644
--- a/arch/arc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arc/mm/fault.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ void do_page_fault(unsigned long address, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	fault = handle_mm_fault(vma, address, flags);
 
 	/* If Pagefault was interrupted by SIGKILL, exit page fault "early" */
-	if (unlikely(fatal_signal_pending(current))) {
+	if (fatal_signal_pending(current)) {
 		if ((fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR) && !(fault & VM_FAULT_RETRY))
 			up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 		if (user_mode(regs))