--- a/drivers/android/binder/process.rs
+++ b/drivers/android/binder/process.rs
@@ -1308,7 +1308,8 @@ pub(crate) fn clear_death(&self, reader: &mut UserSliceReader, thread: &Thread)
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn dead_binder_done(&self, cookie: u64, thread: &Thread) {
-        if let Some(death) = self.inner.lock().pull_delivered_death(cookie) {
+        let death = self.inner.lock().pull_delivered_death(cookie);
+        if let Some(death) = death {
             death.set_notification_done(thread);
         }
     }