diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
index b1099cb2f393..51fe1c5b6d71 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
@@ -786,14 +786,9 @@ static int __init parse_numa_properties(void)
 		fake_numa_create_new_node(((start + size) >> PAGE_SHIFT), &nid);
 		node_set_online(nid);
 
-		if (!(size = numa_enforce_memory_limit(start, size))) {
-			if (--ranges)
-				goto new_range;
-			else
-				continue;
-		}
-
-		memblock_set_node(start, size, &memblock.memory, nid);
+		size = numa_enforce_memory_limit(start, size);
+		if (size)
+			memblock_set_node(start, size, &memblock.memory, nid);
 
 		if (--ranges)
 			goto new_range;