diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c b/net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c
index 4972c19fc73e..b5316a6c7d1b 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c
@@ -1044,24 +1044,23 @@ out_free:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static bool mptcp_pm_remove_anno_addr(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
+static void mptcp_pm_remove_anno_addr(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
 				      const struct mptcp_addr_info *addr,
 				      bool force)
 {
 	struct mptcp_rm_list list = { .nr = 0 };
-	bool ret;
+	bool announced;
 
 	list.ids[list.nr++] = mptcp_endp_get_local_id(msk, addr);
 
-	ret = mptcp_remove_anno_list_by_saddr(msk, addr);
-	if (ret || force) {
+	announced = mptcp_remove_anno_list_by_saddr(msk, addr);
+	if (announced || force) {
 		spin_lock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
-		if (ret)
+		if (announced)
 			msk->pm.add_addr_signaled--;
 		mptcp_pm_remove_addr(msk, &list);
 		spin_unlock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
 	}
-	return ret;
 }
 
 static void __mark_subflow_endp_available(struct mptcp_sock *msk, u8 id)