diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index ad353be871bf005c6c0ca875d663bed49906c302..90ec010bffbd9776c012586b4e01b24cdd0bd2d6 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -2088,8 +2088,10 @@ static int try_smi_init(struct smi_info *new_smi)
 	return 0;
 
 out_err:
-	ipmi_unregister_smi(new_smi->intf);
-	new_smi->intf = NULL;
+	if (new_smi->intf) {
+		ipmi_unregister_smi(new_smi->intf);
+		new_smi->intf = NULL;
+	}
 
 	kfree(init_name);
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc.c
index fbfc05e3f3d1756a58455dbdbf73c90162898f4c..bb882ab161fe1bbb4b678cc9bf105b77273296e3 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc.c
@@ -210,34 +210,23 @@ static void kcs_bmc_handle_cmd(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc)
 int kcs_bmc_handle_event(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret = -ENODATA;
 	u8 status;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&kcs_bmc->lock, flags);
 
-	if (!kcs_bmc->running) {
-		kcs_force_abort(kcs_bmc);
-		ret = -ENODEV;
-		goto out_unlock;
-	}
-
-	status = read_status(kcs_bmc) & (KCS_STATUS_IBF | KCS_STATUS_CMD_DAT);
-
-	switch (status) {
-	case KCS_STATUS_IBF | KCS_STATUS_CMD_DAT:
-		kcs_bmc_handle_cmd(kcs_bmc);
-		break;
-
-	case KCS_STATUS_IBF:
-		kcs_bmc_handle_data(kcs_bmc);
-		break;
+	status = read_status(kcs_bmc);
+	if (status & KCS_STATUS_IBF) {
+		if (!kcs_bmc->running)
+			kcs_force_abort(kcs_bmc);
+		else if (status & KCS_STATUS_CMD_DAT)
+			kcs_bmc_handle_cmd(kcs_bmc);
+		else
+			kcs_bmc_handle_data(kcs_bmc);
 
-	default:
-		ret = -ENODATA;
-		break;
+		ret = 0;
 	}
 
-out_unlock:
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&kcs_bmc->lock, flags);
 
 	return ret;