diff --git a/cgroup.c b/cgroup.c
index 82088aa1a..10009be87 100644
--- a/cgroup.c
+++ b/cgroup.c
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ static int prepare_cgroup_dir_properties(char *path, int off, CgroupDirEntry **e
 		CgroupDirEntry *e = ents[i];
 		size_t off2 = off;
 
-		if (strcmp(e->dir_name, "") == 0 &&
+		if (strcmp(e->dir_name, "") == 0)
 			goto skip; /* skip root cgroups */
 
 		off2 += sprintf(path + off, "/%s", e->dir_name);
@@ -1002,7 +1002,6 @@ static int prepare_cgroup_dir_properties(char *path, int off, CgroupDirEntry **e
 					return -1;
 			}
 		}
-
 skip:
 		if (prepare_cgroup_dir_properties(path, off2, e->children, e->n_children) < 0)
 			return -1;