static int fanotify_merge(struct list_head *list, struct fsnotify_event *event)
 {
        struct fsnotify_event *test_event;
-       bool do_merge = false;
 
        pr_debug("%s: list=%p event=%p\n", __func__, list, event);
 
 
        list_for_each_entry_reverse(test_event, list, list) {
                if (should_merge(test_event, event)) {
-                       do_merge = true;
-                       break;
+                       test_event->mask |= event->mask;
+                       return 1;
                }
        }
 
-       if (!do_merge)
-               return 0;
-
-       test_event->mask |= event->mask;
-       return 1;
+       return 0;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FANOTIFY_ACCESS_PERMISSIONS