diff --git a/lib/debugobjects.c b/lib/debugobjects.c
index 12f50de85b62..12e2e42e6a31 100644
--- a/lib/debugobjects.c
+++ b/lib/debugobjects.c
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ void debug_object_assert_init(void *addr, const struct debug_obj_descr *descr)
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&db->lock, flags);
 	obj = lookup_object_or_alloc(addr, db, descr, false, true);
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&db->lock, flags);
-	if (likely(!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(obj)))
+	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(obj))
 		return;
 
 	/* If NULL the allocation has hit OOM */