diff --git a/lib/bitmap.c b/lib/bitmap.c
index 5ade00d4219a..eead55aa7170 100644
--- a/lib/bitmap.c
+++ b/lib/bitmap.c
@@ -471,12 +471,9 @@ int bitmap_print_to_pagebuf(bool list, char *buf, const unsigned long *maskp,
 			    int nmaskbits)
 {
 	ptrdiff_t len = PAGE_SIZE - offset_in_page(buf);
-	int n = 0;
 
-	if (len > 1)
-		n = list ? scnprintf(buf, len, "%*pbl\n", nmaskbits, maskp) :
-			   scnprintf(buf, len, "%*pb\n", nmaskbits, maskp);
-	return n;
+	return list ? scnprintf(buf, len, "%*pbl\n", nmaskbits, maskp) :
+		      scnprintf(buf, len, "%*pb\n", nmaskbits, maskp);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_print_to_pagebuf);