diff --git a/lib/rhashtable.c b/lib/rhashtable.c
index b28df4019ade..4936fc4d7f2c 100644
--- a/lib/rhashtable.c
+++ b/lib/rhashtable.c
@@ -579,7 +579,6 @@ void *rhashtable_walk_next(struct rhashtable_iter *iter)
 	struct bucket_table *tbl = iter->walker->tbl;
 	struct rhashtable *ht = iter->ht;
 	struct rhash_head *p = iter->p;
-	void *obj = NULL;
 
 	if (p) {
 		p = rht_dereference_bucket_rcu(p->next, tbl, iter->slot);
@@ -599,8 +598,7 @@ void *rhashtable_walk_next(struct rhashtable_iter *iter)
 		if (!rht_is_a_nulls(p)) {
 			iter->skip++;
 			iter->p = p;
-			obj = rht_obj(ht, p);
-			goto out;
+			return rht_obj(ht, p);
 		}
 
 		iter->skip = 0;
@@ -618,9 +616,7 @@ void *rhashtable_walk_next(struct rhashtable_iter *iter)
 
 	iter->p = NULL;
 
-out:
-
-	return obj;
+	return NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rhashtable_walk_next);