diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
index f7afcfe4dbc5686f37108df1495f33a75f2433b6..5f20caf47a1d6cca18d2892e7e48618040c6abac 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
@@ -1206,8 +1206,7 @@ ip_vs_add_service(struct ip_vs_service_user_kern *u,
 
  out_err:
 	if (svc != NULL) {
-		if (svc->scheduler)
-			ip_vs_unbind_scheduler(svc);
+		ip_vs_unbind_scheduler(svc);
 		if (svc->inc) {
 			local_bh_disable();
 			ip_vs_app_inc_put(svc->inc);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sched.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sched.c
index 9f94e328d31e97c1984b622ce462826b813005dc..076ebe00435deef930f428fbb02414c550c14b98 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sched.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sched.c
@@ -46,15 +46,6 @@ int ip_vs_bind_scheduler(struct ip_vs_service *svc,
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	if (svc == NULL) {
-		pr_err("%s(): svc arg NULL\n", __func__);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-	if (scheduler == NULL) {
-		pr_err("%s(): scheduler arg NULL\n", __func__);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	svc->scheduler = scheduler;
 
 	if (scheduler->init_service) {
@@ -74,18 +65,10 @@ int ip_vs_bind_scheduler(struct ip_vs_service *svc,
  */
 int ip_vs_unbind_scheduler(struct ip_vs_service *svc)
 {
-	struct ip_vs_scheduler *sched;
+	struct ip_vs_scheduler *sched = svc->scheduler;
 
-	if (svc == NULL) {
-		pr_err("%s(): svc arg NULL\n", __func__);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	sched = svc->scheduler;
-	if (sched == NULL) {
-		pr_err("%s(): svc isn't bound\n", __func__);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
+	if (!sched)
+		return 0;
 
 	if (sched->done_service) {
 		if (sched->done_service(svc) != 0) {